For Dalits to be fully part of the national consciousness the Kumbh supposedly strengthens, they must be full participants in ...

The largest mela in the country for centuries, the Kumbh Mela, was a bigger phenomenon this year than ever before. Excitable television channels, smart tour operators, the thriving selfie culture ...

Religion and commerce have always been closely related and they feed each other as more and more human beings travel in pursuit of spiritual fulfillment and ritual needs. While religion can be ...

Among the massive crowds at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering in northern India's Prayagraj city, there is a unique group of people called Kalpwasis. They are mostly elderly ...

Kumbh Mela is an enthralling Hindu festival and pilgrimage celebrating spiritual heritage and diversity. Given that the Maha Kumbh Mela, in particular, only occurs once every 144 years ...

For locals, the event was an economic boon. “The boatmen, whatever they make in one Kumbh Mela, they’re set for the next 12 years!” Velayudhan noted. Despite the event’s massive scale ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival, which began on 13 January, ended on Wednesday. A lot has changed through Mr ...

PRAYAGRAJ, (India): A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday (Jan 13), a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest gathering of humanity as it ...

Sant Prasad Pandey said the Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Smriti Samiti has been running its lost & found centre since the 1950s during Kumbh and Ardh Kumbh events. "We used to write names of the ...