The largest mela in the country for centuries, the Kumbh Mela, was a bigger phenomenon ... large numbers of people gather and food, toys, clothes and a variety of other goods are traded, a mela ...

Among the massive crowds at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering in northern India's Prayagraj city, there is a unique group of people called Kalpwasis. They are mostly elderly ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival, which began on 13 January, ended on Wednesday. A lot has changed through Mr ...