The Maha Kumbh Mela is one of Hinduism’s holiest festivals, held once every 12 years at Prayagraj in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh where the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical ...

A deadly stampede also occurred at the last Maha Kumbh Mela during the busiest day of bathing. A total of 36 Hindu pilgrims ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. ... The seers, ascetics, priests and saints from different sects of Hinduism are the stars of the show.

The Maha Kumbh Mela has always been an important symbol of Hinduism, though it was usually not politicized until the recent rise of the idea of India as a Hindu nation.

Maha Kumbh, the largest gathering of people anywhere on Earth, is expected to draw more than 400 million devotees to India’s Uttar Pradesh Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent ...

People from all walks of life in India are now gathering for the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the Ganges River where it meets and mixes with the water of the Yamuna and ...

At least 30 people have died during India's Kumbh Mela festival. ... and gurus leading spiritual organisations of Hinduism. The mela also sees the participation of devotees from different Hindu ...

The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, described as humanity's biggest gathering, ... Hinduism. Religion. India. Related. Meet a photographer who's covered India's Kumbh Mela for 30 years.

Devotees take holy dips in the Ganges River during Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, one of the most sacred pilgrimages in Hinduism, in Haridwar, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, April 12 ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela is one of Hinduism’s holiest festivals, held once every 12 years at Prayagraj in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh where the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical ...

A deadly stampede also occurred at the last Maha Kumbh Mela during the busiest day of bathing. A total of 36 Hindu pilgrims died in that incident in 2013, including 27 women and an eight-year-old ...

At least 30 people have been killed and dozens more injured in crowd crushes at the Maha Kumbh Mela in India, ... believing that bathing at the confluence of Hinduism’s three holiest rivers ...