Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, as the world’s largest religious gathering wrapped up Wednesday in India’s ...

To Wells Fargo Advisors Managing Director Yakub Mathew, the once-in-a-lifetime Maha Kumbh Mela was a quest of shared humanity ...

More than 100 million people are expected to attend this year's Kumbh Mela. LONDON -- Elephants, horses and an expected crowd of more than 120 million people began to descend on Prayagraj, India, ...

The Kumbh Mela is rooted in a mythological Hindu battle between deities and demons for control of a pitcher containing the nectar of immortality. Organisers have likened the scale of this year's ...

The dates for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027–28, to be held in Nashik, Maharashtra, were officially announced following the ...

At least 18 people died during a stampede at a railway station in India's capital late Saturday when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world's largest religious gathering, officials and ...

Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official statement on the death toll but it is expected ...

(CNN) — Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most ...

NEW DELHI — Large crowds turned out in northern India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela that drew a total of 663 million people seeking absolution of their sins by taking a ...

One organizer said they expected one million pilgrims to attend on Thursday. LONDON -- Hindu pilgrims in India have begun gathering along the Ganges River on the first day of Kumbh Mela,despite ...