A 48-year-old Naga Sadhu of the Chitradurga-based Banjara Gurupeetha was among those who died in the stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Wednesday.

For Sukla Debnath and Rakesh Kumar Roy, the Kumbh Mela’s Mauni Amavasya wasn’t a spiritual cleansing, but a brush with death. Sukla, from Alipurduar, had journeyed for days, her heart filled with ...

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Highlights | Mahakumbh Mela 2025: Prayagraj continues to welcome millions of devotees at Triveni Sangam, CM Yogi Adityanath along with Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak, other cabinet ...

While the British colonial rule had banned nudity, it was not easy to enforce it within the arena of a religious festival like the Kumbh Far from the romanticised ‘pacifist’ and ‘tolerant ...

MTech Baba retired from his corporate life in 2010 in search of a more meaningful existence and became a Naga Sadu in 2019 The Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the biggest Hindu spiritual gatherings, is ...

A YouTube-based news channel 'The News Tracker - TNT' released a series of videos claiming a Sadhu at the Maha Kumbh Mela influenced a minor girl to live with him. He made her sit with him alone ...

MTech Baba's journey toward spirituality took a significant step in 2019 when he became a Naga Sadhu. Initially, he reached out to several Akharas, expressing his desire to join their ranks ...

“I met a sadhu who has had his right arm up for many years, I met someone who can lie down on a bed of thorns…. When I asked why, they said they are doing it so that mankind may get some ...

Mahakumbh 2025 in Praygraj LIVE: PM Modi also noted the increasing participation of youth in cultural and spiritual gatherings, particularly during the Kumbh Mela. Srishty Choudhury Updated : Jan 21, ...

However, one sadhu has stand out for his impressive physique, earning him the title of ‘Muscular Baba.’ Atma Prem Giri Maharaj, the ‘Muscular Baba’ has garnered the attention of the social media users ...

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