Kumbh Mela is held at the four places – Haridwar, Allahabad, Nashik and Ujjain — where the drops of amrit fell. The last Maha Kumbh Mela was in 2010.The Ardh Kumbh is held every six years.

The mela (meaning "fair" in Hindi) has been held in Allahabad for centuries now, but it has grown into a mega event in the past two decades. Getty Images This year the gathering will be ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity ...

Judge Shekhar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court, whose remarks at a VHP gathering in December sparked a scandal, has chosen not to attend a seminar on the Ram temple movement in the Kumbh Mela ...

According to the organisers, Justice Yadav expressed his inability to attend the "Rashtriya Sangoshthi: Ram Mandir Aandolan aur Gorakshpeeth" seminar, saying January 22 is a working day.