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.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious congregation. People take a series of ritual baths at the ...

But recent Kumbh gatherings have also been caught in controversies ... name-changing effort ahead of the 2019 festival and the national election that his party won. In 2021, his government ...

A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that 400 million pilgrims are expected to visit over its six-week duration ...

A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that 400 million pilgrims are expected to visit over its six-week duration. Devotees ...