With just a couple of days left for the Maha Kumbh Mela to begin in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, the city is all set to welcome female Naga Sadhus or Naga Sadhvis, who frequently receive much attention.

Naga Sadhus or Naked Hindu holy men take dips at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers the Yamuna, the Ganges and the mythical Saraswati, on Vasant Panchami during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, ...

The Kumbh Mela, a show of religious piety and ritual bathing, is a logistical challenge of staggering proportions - Copyright AFP Idrees MOHAMMED The Kumbh Mela, a ...

Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police ...

Magh Mela is a 45-day-long festival that begins on Paush Purnima and ends on Mahashivratri. It is this mela that turns into ...

Scott is a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath ...

A visual journey through some major events of 2025, from the spiritual grandeur of Mahakumbh Mela in Prayagraj to the ...

More than 100 million people are expected to attend this year's Kumbh Mela. LONDON -- Elephants, horses and an expected crowd of more than 120 million people began to descend on Prayagraj, India, ...

Millions of Hindu pilgrims are gathering in India to bathe in sacred waters for the six-week-long Kumbh Mela festival -- from the very old to babies, cave-dwelling monks to science teachers. The ...