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Reverence for the sacred waters of the Ganga and belief in its power to wash away sins bring millions to India’s Maha Kumbh festival
Millions of people have been visiting Prayagraj, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, to take part in the Maha Kumbh festival – a six-week-long event that began on Jan. 13, 2025. Called the world’s largest religious gathering,
Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the Hindu 'festival of festivals' that draws millions to northern India?
The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for devotees who come by the millions to take a cleansing dip in waters they consider sacred.
30 dead in stampede as over 100 million people gather at India's Maha Kumbh festival
At least 30 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest gatherings that occurs every 12 years.
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
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 holy rivers,
India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday.
Several people are feared dead in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
Belief in the sacred waters of the Ganga bring millions to India’s Maha Kumbh festival
Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga and Yamuna are believed to meet the fabled Saraswati, is the most revered.
India: Modi bathes in sacred waters of Kumbh Mela festival in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended on Wednesday the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India and immersed himself in the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where a stampede claimed the lives of 30 people and left nearly a hundred injured a week ago.
India: Hindu holy men bathe at Kumbh Mela pilgrimage
Kumbh Mela, often called the world’s largest human gathering, is underway in northern India. DW explores a key highlight of the festival, where the sadhus — holy men, revered for their spiritual devotion,
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Maha Kumbh 2025: Spiritual Confluence at Triveni Sangam
The Maha Kumbh 2025 is a massive religious gathering at Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj, attracting leaders, celebrities, and millions of devotees. Despite a tragic stampede incident, the event celebrates ...
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 ...
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Dozens killed in India's Kumbh festival stampede
Stampede at Maha Kumbh festival A stampede occurred at the Maha Kumbh mela in India on Jan. 29 as millions gathered to take a holy dip. The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million ...
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Gujarat's Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Takes the Holy Dip at Maha Kumbh
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is set to visit the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj to participate in the religious festival by taking a holy dip at the sangam of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. He will ...
The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
A devotee garlands a senior Hindu holy man walking in a procession, a day before the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival, in ...
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India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, by the numbers
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, 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.
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Social Media Misinformation Sparks Legal Action at Maha Kumbh
Police have registered FIRs against eight individuals for allegedly spreading false information about the Maha Kumbh 2025 on ...
Maha Kumbh 2025: Shaken by deadly stampede, devotees begin third grand ‘Amrit Snan’ on Basant Panchami
Days after the deadly stampede that ikilled 30 people, thousands of devotees, including sadhus, began the third ‘Amrit Snan’ at the Maha Kumbh on the festival of Basant Panchami, February 3, amid a ...