A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s ...

Hindu pilgrim Parvati Gupta braved jostling crowds to be at the world’s largest religious festival in India but will leave ...

About 400 million visitors are expected in Prayagraj for the six-week festival, which began on Jan 13. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The world’s largest religious festival turns tragic as a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela leaves 30 dead and 90 injured in India.

A fire erupted in several tents set up in an open area under the Chatnag Ghat police station in Prayagraj. The fire ...

The body of 64-year-old Shivraj Gupta, who died in the Maha Kumbh stampede in Prayagraj, arrived in his hometown in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district on Thursday evening, family members said. Gupta, ...

Indian police confirmed that 30 people had been killed and dozens more injured nearly 18 hours after the stampede.

Swarming throngs of devotees bathed in rivers at the world's biggest religious gathering in India on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede a day earlier that killed at least 30 people.

Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after ...

A once-in-12-year Hindu festival, Maha Kumbh, the world's largest religious gathering, is being held in Prayagraj, norther ...

Hindu festival, which draws millions of devotees, was recently marred by a deadly stampede, claiming at least 30 lives and injuring 60 ...

The tragic stampede at the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, which left 30 dead, highlights VIP culture, ...