The Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Simhastha is a Hindu religious mela held every twelve years in Maharashtra's Nashik district. It is ...

India's mass bathing festival turned the water sour at the 'holy' river, as pollution and waste tainted the area during the event. The water quality at several locations at the Triveni Sangam in ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath ...

Hindu devotees gather ahead of the second sacred bathing ritual, or 'Shahi Snan', during the Kumbh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Prayagraj ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India – At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were injured early Wednesday after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a huge festival in the Indian city of Prayagraj, ...

In preparation for the final special bathing day of the Maha Kumbh Mela, coinciding with Mahashivratri on February 26, ...

The Kumbh Mela, a show of religious piety and ritual bathing, is a logistical challenge of staggering proportions - Copyright AFP Idrees MOHAMMED The Kumbh Mela, a ...

Nashik: In a major push ahead of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027, state and central govts prepared a comprehensive ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were injured early Wednesday after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a huge festival in the Indian city of Prayagraj, ...

According to tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the Ganges during Kumbh Mela holds the promise of washing away one’s sins. People from all walks of life in ...

Millions of Hindu pilgrims are gathering in India to bathe in sacred waters for the six-week-long Kumbh Mela festival -- from the very old to babies, cave-dwelling monks to science teachers. The ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, according to ...