While the British colonial rule had banned nudity, it was not easy to enforce it within the arena of a religious festival ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 million, ...

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform rituals intended to purify the soul. Pilgrims showing photographs of their ...

By Anjali Srivastava: The Mahakumbh Mela is one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, drawing millions of devotees from across India and beyond. Renowned for its spiritual significance, ...

Locals, NGOs, and others opposed the clearing of nearly 1,700 trees for a Sadhu Gram at the Kumbh Mela 2027. Political promises, presented as religious needs, have turned this environmental dispute ...

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 ...

Workers paint a mural of Hindu deity Ganesha ahead of the Kumbh Mela, which organisers expect to be attended by 400 million devotees - Copyright AFP/File Niharika ...

India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major religious ...

Kumbh Mela Commissioner Shekhar Singh, Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority Commissioner Jalaj Sharma, District ...

A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that 400 million pilgrims are expected to visit over its six-week duration. Devotees ...