View of devotees at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela

Clip shows India stone-pelting ritual, not fighting at Kumbh Mela festival
A video spread online shows an annual stone-pelting ritual in northern India, contrary to claims by social media posts that presented it as Hindu pilgrims attacking each other at the Kumbh Mela mega-festival.
India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday.
Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the Hindu 'festival of festivals' that draws millions to northern India?
The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for devotees who come by the millions to take a cleansing dip in waters they consider sacred.
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A Song For 'Hindu Rashtra' At Kumbh Mela
The Shankaracharya of Puri, Jagatguru Nischalananda Saraswati, is among the many seers at Kumbh 2025 giving calls for Hindu Rashtra and Hindu Sambidhan
India: Modi bathes in sacred waters of Kumbh Mela festival in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended on Wednesday the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India and immersed himself in the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where a stampede claimed the lives of 30 people and left nearly a hundred injured a week ago.
India: Hindu holy men bathe at Kumbh Mela pilgrimage
Kumbh Mela, often called the world’s largest human gathering, is underway in northern India. DW explores a key highlight of the festival, where the sadhus — holy men, revered for their spiritual devotion,
Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say
A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...
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How Does Kumbh Mela Connect India's Present to its Past?
According to tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the Ganges during Kumbh Mela holds the promise of washing away one’s sins. People from all walks of life in ...
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The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering
The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies. Pilgrims taking a ...
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India set for Maha Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering of humanity
India, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest gathering of humanity as it ...
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Kumbh Mela: India opens giant Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims
Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people — the largest gathering of humanity.
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Pakistani Woman Seema Haider To Send 51 Litre Milk To Maha Kumbh Mela: 'Can't Go There Because...'
Seema Haider, who illegally entered India in May 2023 with her four children to marry Indian national Sachin Meena, will send 51 litres of cow milk to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. Haider's lawyer ...