Tirunavaya: The spiritual festival held on the banks of Bharathapuzha for 19 days and nights will conclude on Tuesday. The Maha Magha Mahotsavam, which began on January 16 with Pithru Bali, will come ...

Inspired by the grand congregation held in the north, the 'Kumbh Mela of South India' kicked off with much enthusiasm earlier this month on the banks of the River Bharathapuzha, also known as the ...

The 2023 Magh Mela saw an unprecedented turnout of over 22 crore devotees, surpassing previous records. The event coincided with Maha Shivratri, and tensions arose concerning Swami Avimukteshwaranand ...

NEW DELHI — Large crowds turned out in northern India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela that drew a total of 663 million people seeking absolution of their sins by taking a ...

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. January 29th was peak ...

One fateful Wednesday night in January, I texted a friend words I never thought I would say: “I just decided to go to Maha Kumbh. I’m leaving tomorrow.” As a chronically overworked PhD student, my ...

Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, as the world’s largest religious gathering wrapped up Wednesday in India’s ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of the ...

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 ...

(RNS) — To Wells Fargo Advisors Managing Director Yakub Mathew, the once-in-a-lifetime Maha Kumbh Mela was a quest of shared humanity beyond faith divisions. (RNS) — The Maha Kumbh Mela of 2025 — the ...