The Maha Kumbh Mela is a major Hindu festival held every 12 years in Prayagraj, India. It began on January 13, 2025, and will continue until February 26, 2025. This event is expected to attract ...

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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.

Over the next six weeks, a staggering 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher, on the riverbanks in the city of Prayagraj.

Jan 29 (Reuters) - More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday.

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 7 (ANI): Fire that broke out in the Mahakumbh Mela Kshetra on Friday morning has been brought under control, an official said. As many as 20-22 tents ...

Devotees walk past the belongings of people caught up in a crowd crush at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India on January 29, 2025.

How big is the festival? The scale of the Maha Kumbh Mela is astonishing. The last one, in 2013, drew 120 million people in Prayagraj, according to a government estimate.

The data was collected between January 12 and February 20, 2025, covering the Amrit Snan days and adjoining periods.

At least six people were crushed to death at a popular Hindu temple in northern India’s Uttarakhand state on Sunday, ...