Police say 300 cameras at the festival site and on roads leading to the sprawling encampment, along with a fleet of overhead ...

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Freezing waters notwithstanding, nearly 15 million devotees and visitors took a dip in the revered rivers ...

At the Maha Kumbh Mela, a recruitment process commenced for initiation into Naga Sanyas. Thousands of aspiring sanyasis are ...

As the Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj is now in its full splendour, devotees from India and abroad are immersed ...

the final holy bathing day Organisers say the scale of preparations for India's Kumbh Mela festival is akin to setting up a temporary country from scratch Many sadhus, or Hindu holy men ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

On the occasion of first Amrit Snan, the Shri Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara led by Mahamandaleshwar Jayambanandgiri on Tuesday ...

Millions of Hindu pilgrims are gathering in India to bathe in sacred waters for the six-week-long Kumbh Mela festival -- from ...

An ardh or a half Kumbh is organised halfway between two festivals. The mela is organised in all ... festivals or 144 years," he said. For festival-goers, a major attraction is the presence of naked ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, will be held in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, from ...

Prayagraj, India - The world's largest gathering of humanity begins in India on Monday with the opening of the Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu festival organizers expect to attract up to 400 million ...