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What happens to the tons of garbage left behind at the Kumbh?
Fp Staff • 12 years agoThe 55-day affair, which draws devotees not just from India, but across the world, has its management skills put to test. Besides crowd management, the tons of waste generated at the congregation is a task that has kept Mela authorities on guard.
Another tragedy at Kumbh; one dead, five injured in fire
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe fire in which one person was killed comes days after a stampede in which over 35 people were killed.
Maha Kumbh Mela: Not just about religion, it's about poverty too
Trilok • 12 years agoThe Maha Kumbh mela is the largest congregation of people in the world. No matter what the news reports say or what visuals you might have seen, nothing can prepare you for the sight as you first come across the grounds.
Images: People, the most important aspect of Kumbh Mela
Fp Archives • 12 years agoIt is about poverty. And apathy. And perhaps the most confusing of it all, it is about blind faith. The belief that a dip in the cold, poisonous waters will grant you absolution. Here are images from the Kumbh Mela.
Allahabad and Kumbh: Where governance and illiteracy meet
Shiv • 12 years agoThe handling of the Kumbh Mela is a matter of pride for those who handle our governance but the stampede at Allahabad station is a sign of how we fail outside it.
Allahabad stampede Live: Guilty will face punishment, says Akhilesh
Fp Staff • 12 years agoThe Chief Minister, who was attending a cousin's wedding on Monday, will visit Allahabad today to meet with the victims of the stampede at the railway station on Sunday.
Allahabad tragedy: Is ticketless travel to blame for the stampede?
Anant Rangaswami • 12 years agoThe simple truth is that the scale of the Kumbh Mela has been well known; the railways have clearly failed to gear up to the demands.
Images: Hundreds of Naga Sadhus celebrate first day of Maha Kumbh
Fp Staff • 12 years agoThe Maha Kumbh began this morning with lakhs of devotees as well as ascetics and religious leaders of various orders converging on the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical river Saraswati in Allahabad for a holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
'Flying camera', GPS mark rare 'sangam' of tech and tradition at Maha Kumbh
Fp Archives • 12 years agoIt was a rare 'sangam' of technology and tradition on day one of Maha Kumbh 2013 Monday with Google map integration, GPS and 'flying cameras' making their advent in the 55-day festival
'Flying camera', GPS mark rare 'sangam' of tech and tradition at Maha Kumbh
Fp Archives • 12 years agoIt was a rare 'sangam' of technology and tradition on day one of Maha Kumbh 2013 Monday with Google map integration, GPS and 'flying cameras' making their advent in the 55-day festival