The World’s Largest Human Gathering Begins in India
About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s biggest display of unity.
World's largest religious gathering begins in India, hundreds of millions of Hindus expected to attend
The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at least 400 million attendees over the next 45 days.
World’s Largest Festival: India’s Kumbh Mela Takes Place After 144 Years
India's Kumbh Mela began in Prayagraj, India, drawing millions to sacred rivers for the world’s largest festival.
Hindu holy men and millions of pilgrims take dips in India’s largest festival
Hindus believe bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers will cleanse them of their sins.
PHOTO COLLECTION: India Maha Kumbh Festival
Hindu devotees gather for a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, Monday, Jan.
World's Largest Religious Gathering Begins
Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have flocked to the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the world's largest religious gathering. The Maha Kumbh festival is expected to include at least 400 million people—more than the population of the United States—according to officials.
Factbox-How Is India Managing Its Maha Kumbh Festival, the World's Largest Gathering?
India's Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is set to be the world's largest gathering of humanity, with 400 million visitors expected at the six-week event that began this week in the northern city of Prayagraj.
Millions Bathe in Holy Rivers as India Hosts the World’s Largest Religious Festival
Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a series of major baths in the Maha Kumbh festival,
India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering
Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers where they will take part in elaborate rituals.
India's Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival Sees World's Largest Gathering Of Humanity
Hindu holy men and devotees gather on the second day of India's giant and millenia-old Kumbh Mela festival. Organisers expect 400 million people to attend the event, which began on January 13 and will run until February 26.
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AP PHOTOS: Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival
It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the ...
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Holy dips at India's giant Hindu festival come with challenge
For pilgrims at the largest gathering of humanity, ritual bathing in India's holy rivers includes a key challenge -- finding ...
Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India’s mega Hindu festival
Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...
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India: Millions of Hindu pilgrims gather for first holy bath of Kumbh Mela
Millions of Hindu pilgrims gathered on Tuesday at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers to take part in ...
Hindu Holy Men Take Dip In Ganges At India's Kumbh Mela Festival
Aerial images of Hindu holy men and devotees taking a ceremonial dip in Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, for Shahi Snan or "royal bath" as part of the Kumbh ...