Take the example of the recently concluded Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj. It was advertised as a big marketing opportunity with ...

The accommodation arrangements for devotees during the Kumbh Mela are a complex logistical feat that requires coordination between religious organizations, local authorities, and private providers.

The three-member commission, led by retired Justice Harsh Kumar of the Allahabad High Court, includes retd IAS officer DK ...

Behind the obvious global rise in pilgrimage and religious tourism is not just the growing religiosity across societies, but ...

Millions of pilgrims from across India, tons of food and beverages, traffic jams, barricades, surge pricing, and spirituality ...

Continuation of Visakhapatnam-Gorakhpur special train post Maha Kumbh Mela fulfills long-pending demand for direct train to ...

Pintu Mahra, the boatman whose fanily was praised by UP CM Yogi Adityanath in UP assembly for minting ₹30 crores in 45 days ...

It was on this very day in 1859 that a 119-mile-long Allahabad-Kanpur section was fully opened, marking a significant milestone in the history of the railways in India, barely two years after the ...

There were no other major issues apart from the stampede, helping Adityanath consolidate his position and silence his ...

My uncle had saved his sister by pulling her out of the river waters by her hair as she slipped below amid the commotion, says city-based advocate Niranjan Lal recalling the 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede ...