Authorities in India say more than 20 million people are expected to take part in the first major bathing day at the Hindu ...

Mela authorities and police have set up a network of "Lost and Found" centres as well as a special Kumbh phone app to help lost pilgrims reunite with their families. - Sacred bathing - The Kumbh ...

"A large number of people bathe in the river at Prayagraj during the Maha Kumbh Mela, including on auspicious bathing days, which eventually leads to an increase in faecal concentration," the ...

"Kumbh mela," reads the Hindi-language caption of ... a six-week-long celebration of prayer and ritual bathing in the northern city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (archived link).

The Maha Kumbh mela area will be a no-vehicle zone from ... in view of the massive influx of devotees for the last special bathing date coinciding with Mahashivratri on February 26.

The Kumbh Mela also offers a unique opportunity to meet ... of communal rituals-pulsates through the Kumbh. The synchronised bathing rites, devotional chants, and grand processions generate ...

As per the latest recorded data on 4 February, faecal coliform levels in the Ganges surged after a major bathing event at the Maha Kumbh Mela, reaching 11,000 units per 100 millilitres near ...

After 45 days of devotion, spirituality, and unprecedented footfall, the Maha Kumbh 2025 in Prayagraj is set to conclude on February 26, coinciding with the sacred occasion of Mahashivratri. Millions ...

A large number of devotees flocked to the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj ... at the ongoing Mahakumbh Mela being held in Prayagraj, new traffic and bathing guidelines were issued, as per ...

Nashik: Water resources minister Girish Mahajan, in order to ensure safe bathing during the Simhastha Kumbh Mela (2026-2028), on Friday announced plans to construct new ghats and a kund on the ...