PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl.

Malini also praised the Yogi Adityanath government for hosting a "well-organized" religious congregation. "Everything was ...

More than nine million people took a "holy dip" at the confluence of three sacred rivers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...

With the Nashik Kumbh Mela in 2027 expected to draw lakhs of devotees, multiple challenges lie ahead for the administration.

Various measures taken in Prayagraj for the preparation of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela were inspected via video conferencing as ...