More than 10 million devout Hindus seeking absolution from their sins took a dip in holy waters in northern India during a span of four hours on Wednesday, authorities said, as they braced for millions more to swarm the site of the Kumbh Mela.

Kumbh Mela at T. Narsipur concluded on Wednesday, with hundreds of devotees, who had arrived from various parts of the State, taking a holy dip at the Triveni Sangama — the confluence of the Cauvery,

THE FOURTH significant ritual bath, ‘Magh Purnima Snan’, during the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Wednesday also witnessed a massive gathering of devotees for holy dip. According to the state government, the footfall on Wednesday stood at 1.95 crore until 8 pm and the total till date as more than 48.29 crore.

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Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday urged the people in the State to visit Kumbh Mela at Triveni Sangama in T. Narsipur for the holy dip instead of going to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh,

The unfathomable scale of the world’s largest religious festival in India overshadows many nations in size — and for the economy, its impact is just

India's Kumbh Mela festival attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful to Prayagraj in northern Uttar Pradesh state, but footage of an elderly monk making an offering at a shrine that circulated online is unrelated.

Over 110 million individuals have taken a holy dip in the sacred waters of Prayagraj within the first 14 days alone

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt. General KT Parnaik (Retd.) and First Lady Anagha Parnaik visited Prayagraj as part of a four-day trip to Uttar Pradesh, engaging in key religious and cultural activities.