India, Maha Kumbh

Millions perform bathing ritual on day two of India's Mahakumbh Mela
On Tuesday, India's Mahakumbh Mela, which is the world's largest religious gathering, entered its second day. Over the next six weeks, 400 million visitors are expected to attend the festival.
India's Maha Kumbh festival sees 15 million people take holy dip on first day
Nearly 15 million Hindus, six times the number expected, took a dip in freezing waters seeking absolution of their sins on Monday, the first day of India's festival that could draw the world's largest single gathering of humanity.
What's the significance of Maha Kumbh, AP explains as India kicks off a massive Hindu festival
Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is being touted as the world's largest religious gathering.
Kumbh Mela: 400 million people to take part in massive Hindu festival
One of the world's largest religious festivals starts today in India. The Kumbh Mela only happens every 12 years and more than 400 million Hindus are expected to take part.
India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
India began on Monday its Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, which is expected to draw more than 400 million visitors to the northern city of Prayagraj over six weeks, making for the largest gathering of humanity in the world.
India set for Maha Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering of humanity
Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest gathering of humanity as it showcases religion, spirituality, tourism and crowd management.
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep 400 million pilgrims safe at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
Imagine a gathering so large it dwarfs any concert, festival, or sporting event you’ve ever seen. In the Kumbh Mela, a religious festival held in India, millions of Hindu pilgrims come together to bathe in rivers considered sacred.

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Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival
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India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world’s largest religious gathering
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Factbox-How is India managing its Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest gathering?
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