Banerjee, while speaking in the West Bengal Assembly, had referred to the sacred Maha Kumbh mela as a “Mrityu Kumbh." ...

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He had come as a sadhu (Hindu monk) and mingled with our sadhus," read a Facebook post on January 22, 2025. "He had conspired to commit the greatest crime that his cult teaches.

India's Kumbh Mela festival attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful to Prayagraj in northern Uttar Pradesh state, but footage of an elderly monk making an offering at a shrine that circulated ...

The unfathomable scale of the world's largest religious festival in India is having a dramatic effect on its economy.

Uttar Pradesh state is governed by Yogi Adityanath — an influential Hindu monk and a popular hard-line Hindu politician— and he has allocated more than $765 million for this year’s event.

Big driver’ – The state government — led by firebrand Hindu monk Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state and a key leader in Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ...