For Velayudhan, a resident of Irvine, CA, the pull to attend the Maha Kumbh felt powerful and inexplicable. “If it wasn’t ...

the Kumbh mela police and Prayagraj police officers and personnel performed a sacred bath at the Sangam on Friday. The ritualistic bath was accompanied by traditional worship of the Ganga ...

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.

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a pilgrimage that draws over 450 Million ... Gender and Quiet Subversions Historically, both men and women have held esteemed positions in Hindu traditions.

Religion and commerce have always been closely related and they feed each other as more and more human beings travel in pursuit of spiritual fulfillment and ritual needs. While religion can be ...

The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India ... It attracts hundreds of millions of devotees, holy men, tourists and politicians, converging on the banks ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 was more than just the largest gathering of humanity. It was a testament to faith and devotion. Neuropsychiatrist Dr Rajesh M Parikh, director of medical research at the ...

Among the massive crowds at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering in northern India's Prayagraj city, there is a unique group of people called Kalpwasis. They are mostly elderly ...