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 the ...

Managing crowds has long been a challenge at the Kumbh Mela festivals. In 2013, a stampede at a railway station left 42 people dead and 45 injured as thousands of pilgrims arrived for the festival.

"We humbly request all devotees do not come to the main bathing spot ... "But this stampede proved that was all a lie." More than 400 people died after they were trampled or drowned at the Kumbh Mela ...

more than 50 crore people will visit the city. Though it might be a spiritually enlightening event, the Kumbh Mela can be harmful to your eyes due to crowded waters, pollution, and infections.

Attending the Maha Kumbh Mela was one such moment for me ... As of today, an astonishing 780 million people have gathered at this sacred event, and by the time the Kumbh concludes in two weeks ...

After the conclusion of the Maha Kumbh 2025 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh marked by the Mahashivratri holy dip on February 26, ...

Kumbh Mela festivals have steadily increased in size over the decades, from a total attendance of a few million people to hundreds ... “Politicians should do politics and saints should do ...