Special trains between Katra and Prayagraj will take pilgrims for the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: Indian Railways The famous event will last for 44 days (between January 13 to Feb 26) of this year due to a celestial conjunction that happens only once in every 144 years.

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival, will bring more than 400 million people to Prayagraj city in northern India over a period of six weeks starting Monday, making it the largest gathering of humanity in the world.

The grand 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela began at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on Paush Purnima, marking a significant confluence of faith and celestial mo

A controversy erupted on Sunday after a statue of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav was installed at a camp in the Maha Kumbh Mela area, with several seers objecting to it.

Tens of thousands of Hindus seeking absolution of their sins immersed themselves on Monday in freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers, as India began a six-week festival expected to draw the world's largest gathering of humanity.

The Maha Kumbh Mela has commenced in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on. The 45-day religious gathering is significant for Hindu pilgrims and devotees as the event marks the completion of 12 Kumbh Mela cycles,

This year, the Maha Kumbh, or Poorna Kumbh, is being held in Prayagraj. Celebrated every 12 years, it is one of the world's largest religious events

India set for Hindu festival Maha Kumbh Mela | REUTERS WARNING: May contain nudity The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of humanity, begins in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj, with millions of devout Hindus arriving to take a dip in the holy river Ganga.