According to the Indian government, some 400 million people were expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, the most important ...

NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has shared stunning images of the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela from the International Space Station, ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...

A fire has torn through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s ...

About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s ...

The holy festival of Maha Kumbh Mela is celebrated once every 12 years, with devotees taking a dip in the waters where the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers merge.

Aerial images of Hindu holy men and devotees taking a ceremonial dip in Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, for Shahi Snan or "royal bath" as part of the Kumbh ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival (also known as Mahakumbh) in the northern ...

India's Kumbh Mela began in Prayagraj, India, drawing millions to sacred rivers for the world’s largest festival.

Millions of people are gathering in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state to participate in the ...