The Kumbh Mela takes place at five sites total across India at six- and 12-year intervals ... Originally, the city was named Allahabad by the Mughal emperor Akbar in the 1500s.

Officials in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad ... civilization only during the Kumbh Mela. The fascination with the Kumbh is not limited to India alone. In the past, celebrities such ...

PRAYAGRAJ, (India): A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins ... Officials in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, are expecting more than 400 million people to swarm the ...

The Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering, is a six-week long event being hosted in India's Prayagraj city. The BBC filmed through the night at the Mela to answer one question - does ...

Prayagraj: The Maha Kumbh Mela authority has served notice to 660 organisations for leaving their camps unoccupied or not serving the purpose they got the allotment for the mela. The authorities ...

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

Prayagraj: A three-member judicial commission probing stampede at Maha Kumbh on Jan 29 arrived in Sangam City on Monday and held a meeting with police.

The largest mela in the country for centuries, the Kumbh Mela, was a bigger phenomenon ... a few melas in north India are directed at only women or set aside one of the mela days to women and ...

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 ...

This year, the Kumbh Mela began on January 13 and will end on February 26. It is expected to bring together more than 450 million people across 45 days in Prayagraj in northern India. Here are ...

Pintu Mahra, the boatman whose fanily was praised by UP CM Yogi Adityanath in UP assembly for minting ₹30 crores in 45 days ...