Dawn is misty on the banks of the Sangam. Enveloped in a gigantic quiet, the water awaits the pilgrim. Sanatan Dharma - dizzyingly varied, incorrigibly ...
03:03 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The Maha Kumbh Mela, considered the largest public gathering in the world, will be the subject of a case study at Harvard University, which will study the logistics and economics behind it and the "pop-up mega-city" that comes to life in Allahabad during the religious event. ...
02:55 PM, Jan 20, 2013
People from all over the world come to take a dip in the holy confluence as they believe this can wash out their sins. ...
11:55 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty took a holy dip at the first day of the Maha Kumbh. ...
01:26 PM, Jan 16, 2013
A holy man talks on his mobile outside his camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati during the Maha Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad on January 15, 2013. ...
12:41 PM, Jan 16, 2013
The two month long Maha Kumbh Mela is on at Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad and it is being called the greatest show on earth. People are coming together for a holy dip from across the globe. Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose met up with an American guru at Kumbh who became a part of the Juna Akhada more than four decades ago. ...
10:30 AM, Jan 16, 2013
The world's largest gathering of people, the 55-day Kumbh congregation, began in Allahabad on Monday with tens of thousands of devotees, led by ash-smeared Naga ascetics, taking a dip at the holy confluence of three rivers. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty took a holy dip at the first day of the Maha Kumbh. The 37-year-old new mother, who did not bring her seven-months-old Viaan, was accompanied by her parents. ...
06:32 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Foreigners coming for the Maha Kumbh is not new. Now the tourists from foreign countries are trying to make things easier for Indian devotees. A groups of Australian tourists, who are in Allahabad, are making boats specifically for pilgrims, which is replica of the one used in the film 'Life of Pi'. ...
05:20 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Tonight at 10:30, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel the relevance of the Kumbh Mela in modern society. You can send your viewpoint and questions on the issue here or tweet them to us
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10:58 AM, Jan 15, 2013
The Maha Kumbh Mela started in Allahabad as around one crore people took a dip in the holy Sangam. ...
11:56 PM, Jan 14, 2013
A sea of humanity converged for the religious event dubbed as the "greatest show on earth". ...
11:51 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Ash-smeared naked 'naga' ascetics, sadhus and seers perched atop decked up chariots led millions of pilgrims in taking a holy dip in the Sangam - the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati - marking commencement of the nearly two-month-long Maha Kumbh on Monday. ...
11:23 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The Maha Kumbh Mela, held every 12 years, will go on for next two months and will conclude on Maha Shivaratri on March 10. ...
11:00 PM, Jan 14, 2013
It was a rare 'sangam' of technology and tradition on day one of Maha Kumbh 2013. ...
06:27 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Bimal Roy shot extensive footage of the Kumbh Mela in 1960 as a backdrop for a feature film 'Amrit Kumbh Ki Khoj Mein.' ...
06:19 PM, Jan 14, 2013
More than 10 million pilgrims gather at Allahabad for the Maha Kumbh Mela. Shreya Dhoundial joined IBNLive readers from Allahabad and shared her experience. ...
04:30 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The Maha Kumbh, often described as the 'greatest show on earth', began on Monday morning with lakhs of devotees as well as ascetics and religious leaders converging on the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical river Saraswati in Allahabad for a holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. ...
03:26 PM, Jan 14, 2013
