World's largest religious gathering in India underway as hundreds of millions visit 45-day festival
The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival ... northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This year’s event is considered ...
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The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering. The festival is held every 12 years at the ...
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India’s Hindu mega-festival supercharges economy
The huge influx of pilgrims has sent hotel prices soaring - Copyright AFP Idrees MOHAMMED The unfathomable scale of the world’s largest religious festival in India ...
More than 500 million take 'holy dip' in India's Maha Kumbh festival
More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part ...
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Worshippers killed in India stampede at world's largest religious festival
At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a crush at a huge religious festival in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday, local police said. The stampede appears to have ...
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India's Hindu mega-festival supercharges economy
The unfathomable scale of the world's largest religious festival in India overshadows many nations in size -- and for the economy, its impact is just as dramatic. "Business is booming everywhere ...