The Mahakumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj is a grand Hindu festival held every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a ...

The Triveni Sangam witnessed an unprecedented surge of faith and devotion on Tuesday, a day before the Mauni Amavasya Amrit ...

The confluence of the rivers is called Sangam and a “holy dip” in the waters is regarded as one of the festival’s main ... Hindu devotees cross a pontoon bridge spanning the river Ganga ...

Devotees cross pontoon bridges on the ... will ensure continuous monitoring. "It is our festival," said ascetic Hazari Lala Mishra, who took the holy dip himself before sunrise, which is ...

The Maha Kumbh festival — held every 12 years — started ... from Prayagraj, said a dip in the holy waters is a step toward attaining salvation. He sat cross-legged beside a small wood fire and a ...

Over about the next six weeks, the festival is expected ... said a dip in the holy waters is a step towards attaining salvation. He sat cross-legged beside a small wood fire and ceremonial trident ...

The Maha Kumbh festival - held every 12 years ... said a dip in the holy waters is a step toward attaining salvation. He sat cross-legged beside a small wood fire and a ceremonial trident ...