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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 ...

The Ram Mandir Trust in Ayodhya has revised the darshan timings at the Ram Mandir after the Kumbh Mela, reducing visitor hours and reinstating traditional rituals. New timings accommodate aartis ...

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 ...

A worker cleans the area near Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers after the end of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on March 7, 2025. The massive ...

Nashik: The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) decided to participate in the Simhastha Kumbh Mela by providing various health services to the people coming to Nashik from across the ...

Ayodhya is situated only 160 km from Prayagraj, the city where the Maha Kumbh Mela is held. So, it was no wonder that pilgrims who visited the mela grounds also happened to visit Ram Mandir.

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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 ...

Thousands of sanitation workers in Prayagraj were working tirelessly on Friday to clean up 20,000 tons of waste left behind by the millions of Hindu devotees who attended the Kumbh Mela mega-festival.

"A large number of people bathe in the river at Prayagraj during the Maha Kumbh Mela, including on auspicious bathing days, which eventually leads to an increase in faecal concentration," the ...