Every 12 years the festival carries the prefix “Maha,” which means great, as it’s the largest gathering of the Kumbh Mela that’s held every three years in one of four cities.

A half ("Ard") Kumbh is held mid-way between two full Kumbhs. Officials say the 2025 festival is a Maha (Great) Kumbh Mela, ...

Maha Kumbh 2025: The Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest cultural and religious gathering of Hindus, is set to take place in 2025. This grand event is scheduled to begin on January 13 and conclude on ...

With the Maha Kumbh Mela just a week away, thousands of devotes, seers and sagas are gathering in Prayagraj. Notable figures include Rudraksh Baba, known for his 11,000 rudraksha beads, and other ...

Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have flocked to the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the world's largest religious gathering.. Why It Matters ...

The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, running from 13 January to 26 February, is expected to draw around 400 million pilgrims, making it one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. open image in gallery ...

Maha Kumbh, the largest gathering of people anywhere on Earth, is expected to draw more than 400 million devotees to India’s Uttar Pradesh Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy dip at ...

Shoba Rudra, Partner & Founder, RARE India, says “Having been to two Kumbh Melas in the last 20 years, I have seen a fair amount of young people there, many who are into Yoga, photography and ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of ...

It was the peak moment at one of the holiest gatherings on the Hindu calendar — the Maha Kumbh Mela, a 45-day celebration that brings hundreds of millions of the faithful to bathe in the joined ...

Nearly 40 bodies were brought to a hospital morgue after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday, three police sources told Reuters, as tens of millions gathered to bathe ...

The 2025 Maha Kumbh will be held at Prayagraj from January 13 (Paush Poornima) to February 26 (Maha Shivratri). It is organised every 12 years.