Kumbh virtually ends as key akhadas pull out

Crowds at the ghats of Ganga in Haridwar have thinned down drastically after the key ‘akhadas' of seers began pulling out of the Maha Kumbh, citing the surge in coronavirus numbers. IMAGE:......

Sangam turns into biggest confluence of human faith as 5 cr take dip

An estimated five crore devotees had their holy dip in the Sangam on Monday, the second and most auspicious day of ‘shahi snan’ on Mauni Amavasya, turning the Ganga, Yamuna and mystical......

PHOTOS: Meet this 'star' at Kumbh Mela

Discriminated and humiliated for years, the transgender community seems to have finally found refuge in religion. And the popularity of a person at the ongoing Kumbh Mela is a proof of that change.......

'Kumbh is the greatest show on Earth'

'No other country other than India can do it on this scale.' IMAGE: A sadhu swings his dreadlocks after the shahi snan. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Radhika Shastry "'Kya Facebook mein dalogi?'......