'Kumbh held with no fire safety plan''

Akhil Bharatiya Shri Panch Nirmohi AKhara and All India Akhara Parishad have threatened to boycott the upcoming Kumbh Mela, if their demand to reserve certain land to set up a sadhu gram on a permanent basis was not met. "Instead of reserving ...

The "Green Kumbh Yatra" is an international initiative featuring a central "sacred" metal ''kumbh'' that is being carried across numerous countries to promote the importance of environmental and

The proposal plan for Simhastha Kumbha Mela for the year 2015-16, to be held in Nashik, is worth `1,060 crore, Maharashtra chief secretary Jayant Kumar Banthia announced on Friday, while directing the concerned officials to acquire the required lands and ...

Hundreds of Hindus carrying ornate pots or Kumbhs will parade through major British cities like London, Manchester, Leicester and Dudley over the next three weeks.

UP Bridge Corporation officials have shrugged off the reports of using the pontoon bridges that were used in Kumbh.

More than 80 million people descended to the banks of the Ganges River, during the first months of 2013, to celebrate in the largest religious gathering Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh Mela is held every three years in one of four places, meaning it is held ...

Almost two months have passed since the largest human gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela, concluded here, registering a mammoth 100 million devotees over 55 days. Huge banners and hoardings welcomed visitors to an eco-friendly, 'Green Kumbh,' spread ...

The Kumbh Mela, the Hindu festival billed as the world's largest human gathering, received plenty of positive press during its 55-day run earlier this year. In February, I traveled to the Kumbh with a global health research team from Harvard, and ...

In February 2013, television and film producer Ekta Kapoor made her maiden visit to Lucknow on her way to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad. She had said ecstatically, I didn't know how beautiful Lucknow is. I am coming here to shoot my next film. I ...