Lakhs throng Kumbh for holy bath on Maghi Poornima

Thousands of devotees made a beeline to Tirumukoodalu Triveni Sangama, T Narsipur taluk, Mysore district, where the 9th Kumbh Mela began on Saturday. They walked along the temporary bridge towards the religious podium amidst the river. Saints and devotees in ...

The rich and the pauper, the austere and the ostentatious, the atheist and the seer, the iconoclast and the idol worshipper, all find warmth and solace in the icy waters of the Sangam, notes Tarun Vijay. The Kumbh Mela, the biggest religious event on the planet, has been hurt immensely by the secular character of the rulers, whether at the Centre or in the state. The statement by the Uttar Pradesh chief minister that he may visit Allahabad if there was a need rubs salt into Hindu wounds. ...

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Three holy rivers merge with their gushing waters here; so do millions of pilgrims from across the country congregate at the Sangam in Allahabad for a holy dip to ward off their sins. At this very same venue stands a massive, magnificent yet ...

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It was a bright sunny afternoon, says Noharma, 38, recalling the day she, along with her husband and son, took the holy dip at the Sangam. They were among 70 million people who had come to Prayag for the Purna Kumbh Mela in Allahabad for washing off ...