The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform rituals intended to purify the soul. Pilgrims showing photographs of their ...
The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies. Pilgrims taking a holy ...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remark referring to the Mahakumbh as “Mrityu Kumbh” has sparked strong reactions ...
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 ...
(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 ...