Kumbh Mela: At A Glance Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the ...

The ongoing Kumbh Mela at Allahabad – now called Prayagraj – has many attractions and unique features, the sheer size being one of them. Along with that is the devotion and faith of the ...

Allahabad holds the Maha Kumbh Mela after every 12 Purna Kumbh Melas, that is, 144 years! People from many religious persuasions actively participate in the festivities.

While all four of the events are “mega” in scope, the Maha Kumbh Mela, held on the twelfth year in Allahabad at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, is the ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela came to an end yesterday in Allahabad, India, after 55 days. Senior Lecturer and Dauten Real Estate Fellow John Macomber, a member of the School’s Finance Unit, reflected on his ...

The Allahabad High Court on Friday said that the delay in disbursing compensation to the families of those who died during a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela pilgrimage site in Prayagraj showed the ...

The 1954 Kumbh Mela also witnessed the introduction of return tickets of all classes to Allahabad, Allahabad-Sangam and Naini railway stations for the benefit of pilgrims. The return tickets were ...

Kumbh Mela Stampede: Allahabad HC Slams UP Govt Over Lapses, Delayed Compensation Hearing a petition by Uday Pratap Singh, whose wife allegedly died in the chaos, the bench of Justices S.D. Singh ...

A stampede at a railway station in Allahabad killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the Kumbh Mela at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the ...