What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus? - Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims exp ...

Millions are expected to gather along the sandy banks of Ganga and Yamuna. The Mela ground -- where tents, hospitals, Akharas and several other structures are set up -- will occupy an area of 4,000 ...

Maha Kumbh marked Arvind Kejriwal’s stunning rise as he ended Sheila Dikshit’s Congress rule of 15 years. Twelve years later, ...

Stampedes are not uncommon at the festival, and 26 pilgrims were killed in one at the last Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013. More than a hundred road ambulances, seven river ambulances and air ambulances ...

The Maha Kumbh festival is expected to include at least 400 million people—more than the population of the United States—according to officials. That is around 200 times the number of pilgrims ...

Maha Kumbh, one of the country's biggest religious festivals in progress, was used by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today to hit out at the opposition. Pointing to 2013 Kumbh ...

Managing crowds has long been a challenge at the Kumbh Mela festivals. In 2013, a stampede at a railway ... Another stampede took place in 2001 when thousands of devotees gathered for the ...