Hindus cross pontoon bridges over the holy Sangam, where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers converge, in Allahabad, India. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus take holy dips in the Sangam over the 45 ...

How do you photograph the largest gathering of people on Earth? Getty photographer Daniel Berehulak writes for LightBox about ...

Gopal Aggarwal recently returned home to Sugar Land from what may be the largest faith gathering in the world — the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage held every three years in India. “Kumbh Mela is a ...

Maha Kumba Mela or Big Pitcher festival commemorates a story that describes the god Vishu’s fight with demons to gain possession of a golden pitcher containing the nectar of immortality. During the ...

Workers paint a mural of Hindu deity Ganesha ahead of the Kumbh Mela, which organisers expect to be attended by 400 million devotees - Copyright AFP/File Niharika ...

Ujjain (AsiaNews) - India's grandest spiritual extravaganza, the "Kumbha Mela", (or 'Pot pilgrimage' in English) draws spiritual seekers, investors and entrepreneurs to the largest religious gathering ...

At least 30 people have been killed and dozens more injuried in crowd crushes at the Maha Kumbh Mela in India, where millions have gathered to bathe at the confluence of sacred rivers. Tens of ...

Crowds had swelled because trains carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been delayed, according to local media. By Eve Sampson Fifteen people died in a ...