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Kumbh Mela

May 2021

  • Hindu devotees take a holy dip in the Ganges during Shahi Snan at Kumbh Mela

    Kumbh Mela: how a superspreader festival seeded Covid across India

    Millions attended Kumbh Mela as India’s second coronavirus wave began

January 2021

  • Hindu devotees take a dip in the Ganges on the first day of Kumbh Mela

    Up to 1m Hindus gather in India as festival goes ahead amid Covid fears

    Millions more expected to descend on Haridwar in coming weeks for Kumbh Mela despite pandemic

March 2019

  • Thousands of Hindu devotees take dips at Sangam, the confluence of the Yamuna and the Ganges rivers, on Mauni Amavsya, the most auspicious day of Kumbh Mela.

    Kumbh Mela: cleaning up after the world’s largest human gathering

    Around 220 million people descended on sleepy Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad) for the 50-day Hindu festival. The cleanup could take months

February 2019

  • A Naga Sadhu or naked holy man with a white rat on his head sits in his tent during the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India.

    Mauni Amavasya at the Kumbh Mela – in pictures

    Monday was Mauni Amavasya, the new moon day and most significant bathing day, particularly if it falls on a Monday

January 2019

  • Indian Hindu devotees take a holy dip at Sangam during Kumbh Mela.

    'I have lost my wallet and brother': reuniting at Kumbh Mela, the world's largest festival

  • Sadhus.

    India's Kumbh Mela festival – in pictures

  • Hindu holy men take a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers on Tuesday.

    Kumbh Mela: Hindus converge for largest-ever human gathering

  • A naked Hindu holy man arrives on a horse back for ritualistic dip on auspicious Makar Sankranti day during the Kumbh Mela

    Why Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj is festival to end all festivals

February 2013

  • searching for family members

    Kumbh Mela stampede leaves dozens of Hindu pilgrims dead - video

  • Relatives of people who died in the stampede

    Allahabad train station stampede kills 36

January 2013

  • Thousands of Hindus at the Kumbh Mela

    Notes and queries
    What is the most trodden-upon place on earth?

  • Notes & Theories
    Kumbh Mela festival is proof that crowds can be good for you

  • Kumbh Mela

    Kumbh Mela draws millions of Hindus to Ganges - video

  • The start of Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India

    Kumbh Mela in India – in pictures

April 2010

  • Radio review
    Ganga Ma – Voices of the River

    Katie Burnigham's report from the Kumbh Mela festival on the banks of the Ganges in India was awash with atmosphere, vividly describing the extraordinary scenes of an epic pilgrimage. By Elisabeth Mahoney

March 2010

  • Video breaks
    Video breaks: Kumbh Mela, India

    Georgia Brown joins millions of pilgrims travelling to Haridwar, in the foothills of the Himalayas, for one of the largest religious gatherings on the planet

January 2007

  • Millions of pilgrims bathe in Ganges

    Millions of devout Hindus, led by naked and ash-smeared holy men, today plunged into the River Ganges at the peak point of India's Kumbh Mela festival.

August 2003

  • Holy man's gift blamed for 39 dead in stampede

  • Holy men plunge into Indian festival of Kumbh Mela

January 2001

  • Indians deny Channel 4 'all-clear' to film

    4.45pm update: Indian officials have denied Channel 4 has been "given the all-clear" to film at the Kumbh Mela bathing site, writes Anna MM Vetticad.

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