Ujjain Kumbh Mela

The final sacred bath of the month-long Simhastha Kumbh started on Saturday morning with ascetics belonging to the Juna Akhara first taking a dip in the Kshipra river in this district of Madhya Pradesh.

Activist Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who got a clean chit from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has shown deteriorating health condition since she started a hunger strike to demand that she be allowed to go to Ujjain for the ongoing Simhasth Kumbh.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, against whom the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently dropped charges in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, launched a hunger strike On Monday in a hospital in Bhopal for not being allowed to visit Kumbh fair in Ujjain despite a court order in her favour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing International Convention on Universal Message of Simhasth in Ujjain.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today had lunch with sanitary workers, many of them Dalits, engaged to keep clean the site of the ongoing 'Simhastha Kumbh', a massive congregation of Hindus, at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.

BJP President Amit Shah along with Dalit sadhus and others today took a holy dip at the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Ujjain as part of the 'Samrasta Snan' (social harmony bath) at the Valmiki Ghat (bank) of Shipra river, overcoming reservations from certain quarters.

In a bid to strike a consolatory note with the tribals, RSS head Mohan Bhagwat is planning to have his afternoon meals with them at the Simhastha (Kumbh) Mela underway in Ujjain today.

BJP President Amit Shah and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a holy dip in the Kshipra River in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh today along with Dalit and non-Dalit religious leaders as part of the 'Samrasta Snan' for social harmony. The month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela began in Ujjain in April.

The second Shahi Snan (Royal Bath) of the month-long Simhastha Kumbha Mela on April 22 saw thousands visiting the ghats of River Shipra. Here's a 360-degree view of Ram Ghat where crowds followed the seers from the '13 akharas' for a holy dip on day 1.

The second Shahi Snan (Royal Bath) of month-long Simhastha Kumbh mela began early today with Naga Babas of Juna Akhara venturing into the holy Shipra river chanting Har Har Mahadev.

Six people were killed and nearly 40 injured as lightning and thunderstorms hit the site of the on-going Simhastha-Kumbh mela in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain.

Activists allege the government has done little to ensure minimum damage to the 3,300 hectares (nearly 8,000 acres) of farm land it has temporarily acquired for the ongoing Simhastha Kumbh mela.

NDTV is the only news broadcaster in India offering 360-degree coverage.

A group of sadhus clashed with the police at the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. The Sadhus, belonging to the Juna Akhara sect, are seen in video attacking policemen and even some devotees.

Idols of Narmada and Shipra that depict India's first artificial river confluence at Ujjaini, the place of river Kshipras origin.

The final sacred bath of the month-long Simhastha Kumbh started on Saturday morning with ascetics belonging to the Juna Akhara first taking a dip in the Kshipra river in this district of Madhya Pradesh.

Activist Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who got a clean chit from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has shown deteriorating health condition since she started a hunger strike to demand that she be allowed to go to Ujjain for the ongoing Simhasth Kumbh.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, against whom the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently dropped charges in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, launched a hunger strike On Monday in a hospital in Bhopal for not being allowed to visit Kumbh fair in Ujjain despite a court order in her favour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing International Convention on Universal Message of Simhasth in Ujjain.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today had lunch with sanitary workers, many of them Dalits, engaged to keep clean the site of the ongoing 'Simhastha Kumbh', a massive congregation of Hindus, at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.

BJP President Amit Shah along with Dalit sadhus and others today took a holy dip at the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Ujjain as part of the 'Samrasta Snan' (social harmony bath) at the Valmiki Ghat (bank) of Shipra river, overcoming reservations from certain quarters.

In a bid to strike a consolatory note with the tribals, RSS head Mohan Bhagwat is planning to have his afternoon meals with them at the Simhastha (Kumbh) Mela underway in Ujjain today.

BJP President Amit Shah and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a holy dip in the Kshipra River in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh today along with Dalit and non-Dalit religious leaders as part of the 'Samrasta Snan' for social harmony. The month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela began in Ujjain in April.

The second Shahi Snan (Royal Bath) of the month-long Simhastha Kumbha Mela on April 22 saw thousands visiting the ghats of River Shipra. Here's a 360-degree view of Ram Ghat where crowds followed the seers from the '13 akharas' for a holy dip on day 1.

The second Shahi Snan (Royal Bath) of month-long Simhastha Kumbh mela began early today with Naga Babas of Juna Akhara venturing into the holy Shipra river chanting Har Har Mahadev.

Six people were killed and nearly 40 injured as lightning and thunderstorms hit the site of the on-going Simhastha-Kumbh mela in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain.

Activists allege the government has done little to ensure minimum damage to the 3,300 hectares (nearly 8,000 acres) of farm land it has temporarily acquired for the ongoing Simhastha Kumbh mela.

NDTV is the only news broadcaster in India offering 360-degree coverage.

A group of sadhus clashed with the police at the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. The Sadhus, belonging to the Juna Akhara sect, are seen in video attacking policemen and even some devotees.

Idols of Narmada and Shipra that depict India's first artificial river confluence at Ujjaini, the place of river Kshipras origin.