More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian ...

The Kumbh Mela is held every three years in four cities on the banks of sacred rivers across India. Devout Hindus believe ...

Kumbh Mela, often referred to as the "Festival of the Pitcher," is one of the largest religious gatherings ... recognised as ...

and such dips during the Kumbh Mela also bring salvation from the cycle of life and death. Its origin stems from the Rigveda text of Hindu scriptures. The word 'kumbh' refers to a pitcher ...

it also brings salvation from the cycle of life and death. The Kumbh Mela traces its origins to the Hindu text Rigveda and the word "kumbh" refers to a pitcher containing the elixir of immortality ...

Caption: Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is held every 12 years in the northern city of Prayagraj, as Hindus believe bathing in sacred rivers brings salvation from the cycle of birth and ...

Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest gathering of humanity as it showcases religion, spirituality, tourism and ...

it also brings salvation from the cycle of life and death. The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of immortality ...

Four hundred million people are gathering at the holy rivers of India to celebrate faith through prayer, ritual, charity—and ...

it also brings salvation from the cycle of life and death. The Kumbh Mela traces its origins to the Hindu text Rigveda and the word 'kumbh' refers to a pitcher containing the elixir of immortality ...

Held every 12 years, the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival ... it absolves them of sin and confers salvation from the cycle of life and death. Devotees cross pontoon bridges on the ...