This World Heritage Day, let's celebrate India’s rich intangible cultural heritage which includes living traditions like ...

Kumbh Mela, one of the largest gatherings of Hindu pilgrims, will begin on January 13, 2025. People across age groups and communities will participate in the sacred event to embark on a spiritual ...

Staying in a camp in the meal area, they have fully embraced the experience, even dressing in traditional ... am a yoga practitioner and have some knowledge of Indian culture. The Kumbh Mela ...

Set at Triveni Sangam – the confluence of India’s holy trinity of rivers, the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati – Prayagraj’s Kumbh Mela is a manifestation of the kind of faith ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival, which began on 13 January, ended on Wednesday. A lot has changed through Mr ...

The Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering, is a six-week long event being hosted in India's Prayagraj city. The BBC filmed through the night at the Mela to answer one question - does ...

A week before my visit, pilgrims on their way back from India's Maha Kumbh Mela festival were stuck in a traffic jam for 30 hours. According to the government, nearly 20 million pilgrims gathered ...