At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say. The incident took place early on ...

India's Kumbh Mela festival wraps up Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration that organisers say have been attended by hundreds of millions of devotees.

Preparations for the 2027 Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Nashik are underway, while disagreements have arose over the festival's ...

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 Banoudha's ...

Preparations for the 2027 Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Nashik are advancing, igniting a debate over its name. Trimbakeshwar ...

Jivanmukta was invited by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi, to perform at the dance and music festival during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagra. This historic event ...

to clean up 20,000 tonnes of waste left behind by hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees after India's Kumbh Mela mega-festival. The massive sanitation drive has been underway since the six-week ...

Preparations for the 2027 Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Nashik are underway, but disagreements have emerged over its naming. Trimbakeshwar akharas want it named Trimbakeshwar-Nashik Simhastha Kumbh Mela, ...

The Maha Kumbh was held at Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26 and saw over 66 crore devotees take the ritual bath at ...

In a landmark collaboration between India and the United Kingdom, the International Chamber of Media and Entertainment ...

which opened on January 13 and ends Wednesday Infographic chart comparing the crowd sizes at 2025 Kumbh Mela Hindu festival, 2024 Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq and the 2024 Paris Olympics India's ...