Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on ...

(Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP) Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened ... One with god’ – The riverside in ...

PHOTOS: Millions of pilgrims and ... I feel really good and full of positivity.” The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing ...

(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh ... I feel really good and full of positivity." The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the ...

A devotee garlands a senior Hindu holy man walking in a procession, a day before the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, India, on Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) PRAYAGRAJ ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred ... invisible Saraswati river during the “Maha Kumbh Mela,” or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India. Photo: Reuters “I feel ...

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher ... Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) The Kumbh rotates among the four pilgrimage sites ...

(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images ... I feel really good and full of positivity." The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing ...

(Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images ... a pilgrim. The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of immortality from ...

The festival is so vast that it has been captured by satellites in space. How did it come about? The festival is rooted in the Hindu belief that the god Vishunu spilled drops of the elixir of ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people — the largest gathering of humanity. | ...

An ascetic dances with another as Hindu holy man walk in a procession, a day before the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia ...