Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity ...

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 ...

I went to the 2001 Maha Kumbh as a rationalist and a sceptic ... media kept up its breathless shrieky coverage. At the Kumbh Mela, there are no priests to mediate between the individual and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a pilgrimage that draws over 450 Million people, is often hailed as the world’s largest human gathering. Yet, beneath its spiritual significance lies a sociological marvel-a ...

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 ...

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 ...

It also set a new record for “most contribution in hand painting in 8 hours.” India’s iconic Kumbh Mela 2019, the world’s largest religious gathering, is about to conclude, setting up no ...