Advertisement National Millions attend Hindu festival Tens of millions of Hindus have gathered on the banks of holy rivers in India for the main bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival - one of the biggest religious gatherings in the world. Share Tweet Reddit
14 January 2013 at 2:13am Kumbh Mela begins in India Kumbh Mela begins in the Ganges Credit: ITV News/Matt Williams Crowds cover the banks of the Ganges as the Kumbh Mela begins Credit: ITV News/Matt Williams Last updated Mon 21 Jul 2014 Read more 10 updates Millions attend Hindu festival World India Kumbh Mela Share Tweet Reddit
Millions bathe in Ganges for Hindu cleansing festival The Kumbh Mela will see up to 100 million Hindus assembling over the next two months to take a holy bath in the Ganges River in India.
India to host the largest religious event in the world Tomorrow sees the start of the Maha Kumbh Mela - a mass Hindu pilgrimage and the biggest religious event in the world.