Every 12 years, India builds this megacity—then tears it down
The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how ...
Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India
The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl. Others surround him, with some holding the ...
India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian ...
India's Modi takes 'holy dips' at Maha Kumbh, week after stampede killed dozens
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as he joined millions of people at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a week after dozens ...
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India: Clean-up of India s most polluted river, 6Yamuna,D finally begins
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to clean the Yamuna River during the Delhi Assembly elections, and following the BJP's ...
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30 dead in stampede as over 100 million people gather at India's Maha Kumbh festival
Authorities have built a gigantic tent city on the banks of the rivers to accommodate the millions ... according to the Associated Press. ALLAHABAD, INDIA - JANUARY 29: A deceased victim is ...
Along the banks of India's holy river during the Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest festival in the world
Every 12 years, hundreds of millions of Hindu pilgrims gather in northern India for a ritual bath at the confluence of the ...
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India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, by the numbers
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India’s northern city of ... A vast ground along the banks of the rivers has been converted into a sprawling tent city ...
Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say
A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the northern city of Prayagraj.