Preparations for the 2027 Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Nashik are underway, but disagreements have emerged over its naming. Trimbakeshwar akharas want it named Trimbakeshwar-Nashik Simhastha Kumbh Mela, ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival, will bring more than 400 million people to Prayagraj city in northern India over a period of six weeks starting Monday, making it the largest ...

India’s Kumbh Mela festival wraps up today, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration that organisers say have been attended by hundreds of millions of devotees.

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 ...

and has been available online months before the Kumbh festival began. "Kumbh mela," reads the Hindi-language caption of a Facebook post shared on February 11, 2025. The post also shares a video ...

Pilgrims take a holy dip in Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, on the eve of Maha Shivaratri during the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on February 25, 2025.