Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation, in preparation for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela (2026-2028), will immediately begin ...

American tourist detained by police in Rameswaram after attempting to swim to Ramar bridge, released with warning.

Across the world, cities are measured by their permanence, their towering skylines, deep-rooted histories, and ever-expanding infrastructures. Yet, some of the most fascinating urban experiments exist ...

A one-time Kumbh Mela pilgrim in India finds true cleansing in Christ. At the age of 11, Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gonda to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge into ...

The largest mela in the country for centuries, the Kumbh Mela, was a bigger phenomenon this year than ever before. Excitable television channels, smart tour operators, the thriving selfie culture ...

With 66 crore visitors, the Maha Kumbh saw viral moments like 'Monalisa' and tragic stampedes at the mela and NDLS, blending devotion with drama and shock.

Over the last 45 days, more than 620 million people – over a third of India’s roughly 1.4 billion population - have attended the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of ...

Riding pillion through narrow medieval streets on a grimy Tata motorbike, we crested a low hill to suddenly encounter the world’s largest-ever gathering of humans: the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela ...

An old video of a flash flood from another state has been shared hundreds of times on social media, falsely claiming that it occurred during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, a city in northern India.