The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how India prepared—and what happens once it's all over.

The Ganga water at Prayagraj's Triveni Sangam, a key site for Maha Kumbh, is unsafe for bathing due to high BOD levels.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 18 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark calling Maha Kumbh 2025 'Mrityu Kumbh' sparked a massive political uproar, with BJP and religious ...

"The reasons for increased faecal coliform can be several, such as sewage leakage and animal waste, but the amount of faecal ...

Pavitra Nandagiri is a Mahamandaleshwar—one of the highest-ranking monks of the Transgender Arena at the massive religious festival, Maha Kumbh.

Hundreds of cleaners battled through pollution at India's bathing festival - setting a new world record for the world's ...

This display of Indian women’s most idiosyncratic garment — known as the sari — is, however, seen mostly when it is sun-dried ...

Crowds had swelled because trains carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been ...

At least 10 people were killed after a car carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Maha Kumbh festival collided with a bus in the ...

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform ...

Called the world’s largest religious gathering, the event has already drawn 148 million people. Attendance is expected to exceed 400 million by the time it ends on Feb. 26, and surging crowds have ...

Magh Purnima holds immense significance in Hinduism. Observed on the full moon day of the Magh month, this auspicious ...