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

"Officials on the ground in India just don't do things on their own," he said. "Everything happens according to orders from the top." Wednesday's stampede took place at the Kumbh Mela, a 12-yearly ...

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 ...

India's Kumbh Mela festival wraps up on Feb. 26, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration that organizers say have been attended by hundreds of millions of devotees.

The Kumbh Mela is rooted in Hindu mythology, a battle between deities and demons for control of a pitcher containing the nectar of immortality. The festival, which opened on January 13, ends Wednesday ...

A helicopter showers flower petals on pilgrims on the final day of India's Kumbh Mela - Copyright AFP Punit PARANJPE A helicopter showers flower petals on pilgrims on ...

Transgender activists often shunned by society say they have found rare acceptance at India's Hindu Kumbh Mela festival by giving blessings to pilgrims attending the world's largest religious ...

A one-time Kumbh Mela pilgrim in India finds true cleansing in Christ. At the age of 11, Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gonda to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge into the ...

Pilgrims take a holy dip in Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, on the eve of Maha Shivaratri during the Kumbh Mela festival in ...