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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A fire erupted on Saturday morning involving two parked vehicles on the main road leading to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. Officials reported that the fire broke out in a Maruti Ertiga car due ...

Prayagraj: Taking cognizance of Sunday's inferno that gutted many tents and created uproar in Sector 19 of the mela area, cops on Monday issued a fire safety advisory to over 1.5 lakh tents and ...

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.

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.