Prayagraj was earlier known as Allahabad. The name was changed by Adityanath’s Hindu nationalist state government in 2018. The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, running from 13 January to 26 February ...

Besides the not-so-hidden unease between Modi and Adityanath, Modi chose to address the Lok Sabha to ensure that he could ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival ... Officials in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, are expecting over 400 million people to swarm the large, temporary city created ...

Vehicle entry is prohibited in the Kumbh Mela premises and Prayagraj city from this evening due to the large gathering expected for Mahashivratri. Essential service vehicles are exempted from ...

The roads of Allahabad city ... taken a bath at the Kumbh, which began on January 13. Amit Kumar, the nodal officer of the Integrated Control and Command System at the Kumbh, said: “We are prepared to ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of ...

Maha Kumbh, the spectacle that takes place once in 12 years ... Author Kama Maclean in her 2008 book "Pilgrimage and Power: The Kumbh Mela in Allahabad 1765-1954", writes that while she was in Uttar ...

During the Maha Kumbh, mela police, along with PAC, NDRF, SDRF, and Fire department, reunited 54,357 people and returned lost valuables. They also provided medical aid, ensuring the safety and ...

Officials in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, are expecting more than ... Given its gigantic size, organising the Maha Kumbh Mela is a mammoth task for the authorities, one that gets ...

His wife, Saloni Niranjan kept the family tradition, and observed the rituals at Maha Kumbh ... took place at Allahabad Junction (now Prayagraj Junction) during the 2013 Kumbh Mela in which ...

Watch | महाशिवरात्रि पर शिव मंदिर दर्शन करने पहुंचीं एक्ट्रेस अमीषा पटेल के साथ साधु बाबा सेल्फी लेने लगे, वहां मौजूद गार्ड ने बाबाओं को हटाया और कहा, ‘ऐसे ढोंगी बाबा होते है क्या’ #Mahashivratri ...