An AP photographer captures the ecstasy and joy of the Maha Kumbh festival
PRAYAGRAI, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...
In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus?
Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...
Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the Hindu 'festival of festivals' that draws millions to northern India?
The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials ...
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India’s Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious gathering, by the numbers
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India’s ... gathering. The festival — site of a stampede on Wednesday — is held every 12 years at the ...
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In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus?
A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India ... occurs every three years, rotating among four locations – Haridwar in northern Uttarakhand state, Ujjain ...