Maha Kumbh
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Bollywood asked not to promote films at Kumbh Mela
Bollywood | Jan 30, 2013, 10:45 AM ISTAllahabad, Jan 30:Bollywood stars have been asked to refrain from visiting the ongoing Maha Kumbh here for promotion of their upcoming films by the administration, which has advised them to schedule private visits, if any,
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Emraan Hashmi, Huma Qureshi to visit Mahakumbh
India | Jan 29, 2013, 07:57 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 29 : Bollywood actors Emraan Hashmi, Huma Qureshi and producer Ekta Kapoor are set to visit the ongoing Mahakumbh next month to pray for the success of their upcoming thriller ‘Ek Thi Daayan'.Emraan,
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Sonia, Rahul likely to visit Maha Kumbh during Feb 5-9
National | Jan 28, 2013, 02:37 PM ISTAllahabad, Jan 28: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi are likely to visit the ongoing Maha Kumbh congregation here next month. Local Congress leader Abhay Awasthi, who received party general secretary
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Lakhs take holy dip at Maha Kumbh on Paush Poornima
India | Jan 27, 2013, 09:08 AM ISTAllahabad, Jan 27: Several lakhs of devotees took a holy dip early this morning at the Sangam, confluence of rivers Ganga and Yamuna, on the occasion of Paush Poornima at the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela
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Maha Kumbh: Shankaracharya relents following letter from UP CM
India | Jan 26, 2013, 07:53 PM ISTAllahabad, Jan 26: After threatening a boycott of the Maha Kumbh on account of a dispute over land allotment, Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati has relented and decided to take part in the
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Religion and economics: Maha Kumbh now a Harvard case study
Jan 20, 2013, 02:57 PM ISTNew York, Jan 20: The Maha Kumbh Mela, considered the largest public gathering in the world, will be the subject of a case study at Harvard University, which will study the logistics and economics behind
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Remo D'Souza to perform at Maha Kumbh
Bollywood | Jan 15, 2013, 10:24 AM ISTMumbai, Jan 15:The team of ABCD: AnyBody Can Dance will perform at the Maha Kumbh as a promotional activity for the film. Director Remo D'Souza says they will perform on a devotional song. "I am
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5 lakh take holy dip at Gangasagar
India | Jan 14, 2013, 12:47 PM ISTSagar Islands (WB), Jan 14: Around 5 lakh pilgrims today took a holy dip at Gangasagar, the confluence of Ganga with Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. Calcutta High Court Chief Justice
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Naga sadhus lead Kumbh festivities, lakhs take holy dip
India | Jan 14, 2013, 02:33 PM ISTAllahabad, Jan 14: The world's largest gathering of people, the 55-day Kumbh congregation, began in this north India town Monday with tens of thousands of devotees, led by ash-smeared Naga ascetics, taking a dip at
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2.5 lakh take the holy dip at Gangasagar
India | Jan 13, 2013, 11:38 AM ISTSagar Islands (WB), Jan 13: An estimated 2.5 lakh pilgrims have taken the holy dip at Gangasagar, the confluence of the Ganga river with the Bay of Bengal, one day before Makar Sankranti, till this
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Akhilesh asks PM for subsidies for Maha Kumbh
National | Nov 23, 2012, 05:13 PM ISTLucknow, Nov 23: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday, asking him for subsidised food grain, kerosene and LPG for the Allahabad Maha Kumbh, which will be held from January to