Officials expect visitor count at Kumbh Mela to exceed 550-600 million, with 12 days left in the six-week event.

With 12 days remaining, the total count is expected to “soar beyond” 550 million. Read more at straitstimes.com.

More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part ...

Sanitation workers at the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela being held in Prayagraj cleaned the ghats of the sacred Triveni Sangam on Friday. Visuals from Ram Ghat showed the workers cleaning the rivers with ...

Thousands of devotees spilt from trains as they flocked to a river for a mass bathing festival in India. Footage shows crowds disembarking at Prayagraj Railway Station to join others already there on2 ...

Called the world’s largest religious gathering, the event has already drawn 148 million people. Attendance is expected to exceed 400 million by the time it ends on Feb. 26, and surging crowds have ...

What if I told you of a river—mighty and sacred—that once carved its way across ancient India, nurturing civilizations and ...

In a powerful demonstration of cultural and spiritual unity, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, participated in the Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj’s Triveni Sangam on ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...

The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...

A Hindu pilgrim stood anxiously next to a bus stand in Mustang, Nepal. “I’m going to burn my passport,” he told me. “I’m going to destroy all my documents and cross the border. I came ...