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 ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) - Inspired by stories of families separated among the millions celebrating the weeks-long Maha Kumbh Mela, old Bollywood films often featured plots in which siblings got ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering. The festival ...

LUCKNOW (Reuters) - More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part of the Hindu Maha Kumbh festival, authorities said on ...

LUCKNOW – More than 500 million people have participated in the Maha Kumbh festival over the past four weeks, according to authorities. The six-week gathering has drawn a diverse mix of attendees, ...

Once every 12 years, the world is treated to an event so grand that it crosses religious, cultural and geographical ...