‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...
Indians throng last day of Maha Kumbh festival that drew 663 million
Large crowds turned out in India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela, with authorities saying it ...
Maha Kumbh Mela, World’s Largest Religious Gathering, Comes to a Close
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 the ...
Maha Kumbh 2025 ends with 66 crore attendees, stampedes, viral stars like Monalisa | Recap
As the Maha Kumbh 2025 in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj concludes today, February 26, with the final holy dip on Mahashivratri, ...
Maha Kumbh 2025 ends today: The hits, misses and stories of viral babas
The Maha Kumbh Mela, which began on January 13, is set to end on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri in Uttar Pradesh’s ...
Devotion, despair and triumph of human spirit
Photojournalist SL Shanth Kumar of TOI documents the profound faith and determination experienced at the Maha Kumbh Mela.