The ongoing Kumbh Mela at Allahabad - now called Prayagraj - has many attractions and unique features, the sheer size being one of them. Along with that is ...

The Kumbh Mela takes place at five sites total across India at six- and 12-year intervals, but the one every 12 years at Prayagraj is the largest. Prayagraj is the site of a military fort built by the ...

ALLAHABAD (Reuters) - A stampede at a railway station in Allahabad killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the Kumbh Mela at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 will be held in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh. The festival commenced on January 13, 2025 , and will continue until February 26, 2025 .

This year’s Kumbh Mela is projected to be even bigger than the last full one in 2013, which drew an estimated 100 million people. As it begins, here’s what you need to know about the mega ...

Prayagraj: Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said on Sunday that Kumbh 2025 in Prayagraj would be more majestic and grander than the 2019 Ardh Kumbh. He said chief minister Yogi ...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, alongside his family, took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam, emphasizing Maha Kumbh as an event symbolizing 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat'. He praised the Yogi-led ...

The 1954 Kumbh Mela, the first in independent India, ... Allahabad for Kumbh Mela-Allahabad January-February 1954’ mentions 10 regular trains used for the mela crowd.

Every 12 years, tens of millions of Indian Hindus descend on the northern city of Allahabad to bathe in the spot where the Ganga and Yamuna rivers converge. This sacred ritual, known as Kumbh Mela, ...

As many as 70 million Hindus and others are expected to converge in the city for a holy dip in the Ganges. | Latest News India ...