An AP photographer captures the ecstasy and joy of the Maha Kumbh festival
PRAYAGRAI, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...
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Modi takes ‘holy dips’ at Maha Kumbh, week after stampede killed dozens
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on ...
Mahakumbh Highlights: Supreme Court refuses to hear PIL on stampede, asks petitioner to move to Allahabad HC
Highlights: The Maha Kumbh, held once every 12 years, has been a focal point of unmatched spiritual energy, with lakhs of ...
Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India
The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...
Maha Kumbh: Officials Gear Up for 'zero-error' Basant Panchmi Amrit Snan After Deadly Stampede
UP government has also deployed 2 senior IAS officers, who were part of the team that conducted the 2019 Ardh Kumbh, to oversee the smooth conduct of the Mela.
Missing Link: Maha Kumbh – the Huge Religious Gathering has to be a Tech Demo
The significance and scale of the Maha Kumbh festival is not easy to grasp. From a distance, it is a massive, huge, gigantic ...
Maha Kumbh: Deep dive into a sacred realm
LUCKNOW: The ongoing Maha Kumbh will have the world’s largest human gathering, surpassing even the FIFA World Cup or the Olympics in attendance. While FIFA’s ev ...
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Unfazed devotees shrug off stampede at India mega-festival
Throngs of devotees at the world's biggest religious gathering bathed in Indian rivers on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede ...
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Survivors of India festival stampede recount deadly crush
Hindu pilgrim Parvati Gupta braved jostling crowds to be at the world's largest religious festival in India but will leave ...
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Maha Kumbh and the lessons in crowd management
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How excitement of Hindu pilgrims turned to death and chaos at Maha Kumbh Mela
For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as millions descended on this northeast Indian tent city, was it a disaster ...