Hosting the world's largest religious gathering comes with big environmental challenges. However, spiritual leaders in India used the festival to champion ...

Authorities say that at least 30 people have died and a further 60 were injured in a crowd crush at the massive Kumbh Mela festival in India. The world's biggest religious festival and humanity's ...

Families of people who were killed in a crush at a major religious festival in northern India this week are grieving their loss and waiting to take bodies of their relatives back home. At least 30 ...

Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police ...

Environmentalists oppose the Tapovan tree felling for the Simhastha Kumbh, intensifying political tensions in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday urged the opposition not to politicise the issue of establishing the Sadhugram for the upcoming Kumbh Mela, saying while large-scale felling of ...

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Authorities in Prayagraj are racing to complete preparations for the Magh Mela 2025-2026, a major spiritual gathering at the ...

Starting Tuesday, tens of millions of Hindu devotees in India will gather to wash their sins away on the banks of the Ganges River in a festival known as the Kumbh Mela. The tradition, which dates ...