Tech savvy Kumbh fails to attract large crowds | Business Standard News
Home-grown hi-tech applications, 6,000 close circuit cameras equipped with technologies of face detection, behaviour detection, go-pro cameras, ready-to-wear gadgets and drone security cameras have not been able More...
Tragedy strikes Ujjain Kumbh Mela, stampede kills seven, injures 90 – Firstpost
Seven people were killed and around 90 others injured when heavy rains accompanied by lightning and squall flattened and uprooted makeshifts tents of pilgrims in and around the site of ongoing Simhatha Kumbh Mela More...
PM Modi to attend closing ceremony of ‘spiritual Kumbh’ in Ujjain | DNA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the closing ceremony of a ‘spiritual Kumbh’–a confluence of inter-faith spiritual leaders– on May 14 in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city. As More...
Shivraj Singh blogs on Ujjain Simhastha, says globe is our family – Times of India
BHOPAL: Amid grand religious congregation in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan sees unity in diversity in Simhastha saying, the entire world is visible here like a single family.In his More...
Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain – Firstpost
Ujjain: Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take ‘Samadhi’ (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for right to women to take Shahi Snan during Simhastha Kumbh, was arrested More...
Sadhus and seers take holy dip during Ujjain Kumbh Mela
The city of Ujjain hosted the Kumbh Mela, the largest religious congregation of Hindus, with over five crore people including seers attending the holy city. It is one of the four fairs traditionally recognised More...
Spirituality, mysticism and festivity: All you need to know about this year’s Maha Kumbh Mela at Ujjain – Firstpost
Spirituality, mysticism, festivity, adventure and cultural extravaganza meet on the banks of River Kshipra at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, with the beginning of the month-long Maha Kumbh Mela — Simhastha on 22 April. With More...
In Photos: Devotees Gather At Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2016 in Ujjain – The Quint
Early on Friday morning, the month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela began in Ujjain, which is the largest gathering of Hindus in the world. Held every 12 years in this holy city, people, saints and seers come from all More...
Simhastha Kumbh Mela begins in MP | The Indian Express
A sadhu at the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain Friday. PTI TENS OF thousands of people from all parts of the country turned up for the first shahi snan on Friday as the month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela began on More...
Transgenders make debut at Kumbh | The Indian Express
The maiden entry of Kinnar Akhara, an institution representing transgenders, at the Kumbh drew maximum attention as devotees scrambled to seek their blessings when they arrived at Gandharv Ghat Friday evening. Handing More...