The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...

400 million people — more than the population of the United States — are expected to throng the festival. That is around 200 times the 2 million pilgrims who were in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj ...

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 number of people is more than the population of the United States and around 200 times the 2 million pilgrims who were in ...

The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million people overall, according to officials, compared with the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia which drew 1.8 million last year. By Tuesday, nearly ...

More than nine million people took a "holy dip" at the confluence of three sacred rivers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PRAYAGRAJ, India – Indian authorities have ordered a probe into the stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu festival that ...

The Maha Kumbh festival is expected to include at least ... holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage last year. Hindu pilgrims gather at the confluence ...

That is around 200 times the 2 million pilgrims that arrived in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage last year. The festival is a big test for ...