Businesses associated with Kumbh generate employment for over 6 lakh workers across various sectors.

The Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious gathering, started on January 14 and will go on till March 4.

Hotel tariffs in Varanasi have more than doubled in some cases, while budget hotels in Prayagraj, earlier available for about Rs 2,000-3,00...

Devout Hindus believe that bathing in the waters of the Ganges absolves people of sins and bathing at the time of the Kumbh brings salvatio...

The tourism ministry will organise familiarisation tours for overseas tour operators to visit India for the Kumbh and will promote the even...

The Allahabad Kumbh Mela scheduled for January 2019 will be held at the confluence (Triveni Sangam) of Ganga, Yamuna, and Sarasvati.

This will make the mega pilgrimage in 2019 the costliest ever. The last full Kumbh Mela in 2013 cost less than a third of the amount estima...

The government is also looking at development of a designated area for flag hoisting for 192 countries visiting Kumbh Mela, besides identif...

"All preparations should be completed well in time and in a concrete manner, so the event is held successfully," a government statement quo...

The MP government will be deploying 40,000 police personnel, 15,000 government employees, and 10,000 NGOs/volunteers for crowd management.

The MoU would facilitate launch of a string of initiatives to jointly promote tourism in Uttarakhand, an IRCTC official said today.

The best time to take a Shahi Snan in the holy river is early in the morning, specifically before sunrise, since it is less crowded at that...

As per the report, the hotel industry is aiming at 100% occupancy rate for Kumbh that is currently 55-60% on an average, the research added.

Outpouring in search of salvation or even exotic tourism presents a biz opportunity at the largest congregation of humanity on planet.

The Mela will go on for two months and will conclude on Maha Shivaratri on March 10. Here we take stock of the grand congregation:

Airlines, hotels, tour operators and Uttar Pradesh in general are likely to reap a windfall during the Maha Kumbh Mela in the state.

The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to earn Rs 12,000 crore revenue due to increase in tourism activities on account of Maha Kumbh Mela ...