The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at least 400 million attendees over the next 45 days.

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PRAYAGRAJ, India (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 ...

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Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, chief of the "Kinnar Akhada" congregation for transgender people and other members take a dip during the first "Shahi Snan" at "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival, in ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday.

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims and tourists to India. The 45-day festival, which began Jan. 13, is the largest gathering of humanity in ...

Reuters. A woman prays on the banks of the Ganges River during the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, January 13, 2025.

The most propitious of these days occur in cycles of 12 years during the Maha Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival. The festival is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, ...