The temporary city built in celebration of the festival becomes an international meeting place, a gathering place where all ...

In 2017, the Kumbh Mela was included in Unesco's list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Given its gigantic size, organising the Maha Kumbh Mela is a mammoth task for authorities ...

A total of 588 antiquities have been repatriated to India from the US, with 297 received in 2024 under the US-India Cultural ...

So far 588 Indian antiquities smuggled out of the country have been secured back from the US, of which 297 were repatriated ...

The largest mela in the country for centuries, the Kumbh Mela, was a bigger phenomenon this year than ever before. Excitable television channels, smart tour operators, the thriving selfie culture ...

Riding pillion through narrow medieval streets on a grimy Tata motorbike, we crested a low hill to suddenly encounter the world’s largest-ever gathering of humans: the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival, which began on 13 January, ended on Wednesday. A lot has changed through Mr ...

Kumbh Mela happens once in 12 years The Indian man sitting opposite me must have clocked my astonishment. He explained that the pop-up metropolis we were passing, near the confluence of the Ganges ...

Old-timey megaphones strapped to light poles blare devotional songs dedicated to Lord Shiva, the deity worshipped on Mahashivratri, also the last day of the Kumbh Mela this year. Although the mela ...

The European Space Agency's satellite images reveal the astounding transformation of Prayagraj, India, for the 2025 Mahakumbh, attended by millions of pilgrims. Large-scale infrastructure ...

Referring to past reports by international media and UNESCO, the chief minister pointed out that earlier editions of Maha Kumbh were often associated with chaos, mismanagement, and filth.