Railways operated more than 16,000 trains during Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Railways operated more than 16,000 trains during Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “More than 16,000 trains were operated for the Maha Kumbh that carried around five crore devotees to the pilgrimage,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said, in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Thursday (February 27, 2024). Mr. Vaishnaw, who was here to congratulate the railway workers for the work done … Read more

High levels of microbes from human, animal excreta found in river water at Maha Kumbh: report

High levels of microbes from human, animal excreta found in river water at Maha Kumbh: report

High levels of faecal coliform (microbes from human and animal excreta) were found in river water in which people took holy dip during Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI High levels of faecal coliform (microbes from human and animal excreta) were found in river water in which people took holy dip … Read more

Vicky Kaushal reaches Prayagraj for holy dip at Maha Kumbh, says feeling fortunate

Vicky Kaushal reaches Prayagraj for holy dip at Maha Kumbh, says feeling fortunate

Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal, left, being welcomed by UP Cabinet Minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi at Sangam during Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Actor Vicky Kaushal on Thursday (February 13, 2025) reached Prayagraj to take a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam at the Maha Kumbh and … Read more

Karnataka’s Kumbh Mela: Devotees take a holy dip at T.Narsipur as three-day event begins

Karnataka’s Kumbh Mela: Devotees take a holy dip at T.Narsipur as three-day event begins

Religious rites, including Gana Homa at Agastyeshwara temple followed by maha mangalaarti, marked the inaugural day of the three-day Kumbh Mela at T.Narsipur in Karnataka on February 10, 2025.  | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The 13th Kumbh Mela at T.Narsipur — which is at the confluence of rivers Cauvery, Kapila and the invisible and mythical … Read more

Maha Kumbh tragedy: Karnataka tour operators face 25-30% cancellations

Maha Kumbh tragedy: Karnataka tour operators face 25-30% cancellations

Devotees cross pontoon bridges during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday. Following the recent tragedy at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj which claimed 30 lives including those of four people from Belagavi, devotees from Karnataka are thinking twice before making their journey there. A few private tour operators who offer … Read more

Megha thought Kumbh was once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and she didn’t want to miss it

Megha thought Kumbh was once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and she didn’t want to miss it

Megha Hattarwath was to be married in March this year, according to her father | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Megha Hattarwath, the young victim of Wednesday’s Maha Kumbh stampede in Prayagraj, had warned viewers of the huge crowds during the event, a few days before her death. Maggi, as she was called by her friends, … Read more

Mahakumbh | 5 things to do at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj

Mahakumbh | 5 things to do at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj

Pilgrims at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, venue of Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Be ready to brave mammoth crowds (more than 40 crore people will be attending the festivities over the next few weeks) and the cold (temperatures dip till 7 degrees), but if you overcome that, the Maha Kumbh is … Read more

Bus carrying pilgrims to Prayagraj Maha Kumbh catches fire in U.P., 1 killed

Bus carrying pilgrims to Prayagraj Maha Kumbh catches fire in U.P., 1 killed

An elderly passenger was killed when a private bus carrying pilgrims from Telangana to the Prayagraj Maha Kumbh caught fire on Tuesday, police said. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze, which created chaos at the tourist facility in Vrindavan where the bus was parked, they said. According to Additional SP City Arvind Kumar, … Read more

India Covid: Kumbh Mela pilgrims turn into super-spreaders

India Covid: Kumbh Mela pilgrims turn into super-spreaders

Mr Nautiyal, who has been collating the health ministry data since the state recorded its first case on 15 March 2020, says Uttarakhand had recorded 557 cases in the week from 14 to 20 March, just as pilgrims had begun arriving. The cases rose rapidly after that, with 38,581 cases recorded between 25 April and … Read more