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SHOCKING PHOTOS: The FILTHY Maha Kumbh 'after party'

On the eve of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's lecture on the so-called success of the Maha Kumbh Mela to a gathering at Harvard, Avikal Somvanshi visits the Sangam at Allahabad to......

Dip of faith: 'You become part of a very large humanity'

'Suddenly you become part of a very large humanity.' Bathing in the Ganga at the Maha Kumbh Mela left a lasting impression on Harvard investigators, finds Arthur J Pais. Tarun Khanna, the Jorge......

Inside the ultimate pop-up mega city

Every 12 years comes a mystical, mind-boggling phenomenon. It is the Maha Kumbh Mela. Harvard experts map the exotic and the mundane at the spectacle. Arthur J Pais reports With high-powered......

Over 99 per cent people lost in Kumbh reunited

Sharat Pradhan meets Raja Ram Tiwari who runs the 'Bhule Bhatke' camp at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad that has been zealously re-uniting missing people with their loved ones.Over 2 lakh people went......

Devotees take holy dip at Maha Kumbh on 'Magh Purnima'

Thousands of devotees on Monday plunged into the river Ganges at the ongoing Kumbh Mela, on the occasion of ' Magh Purnima'. During this day, elated Hindu monks and pilgrims take holy dip in Ganges......

It's business unusual at Kumbh mela

The 'mahakumbh' is expected to generate a business of Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 20-30 billion) with Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank claiming that at least four crore people had already......

Banks eye bigger slice of education loan pie

When Shikha Mutreja went to a loan mela looking for an education loan to fund a master's programme at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, little did she know that she would have......

Videocon's new brand building campaign

It's another take on an ageless Hindi film script. Two brothers are separated in a crowded mela (fair), while pursuing their respective interests - crushed ice candy and balloons. The children are......

Centre kicks off biggest loan mela

The government has launched the biggest ever loan mela in the history. It will force the banking community to dole out Rs 1,10,000 crore (Rs 1,100 billion) loans at concessional rates (two......

PM to inaugurate Swadeshi Mela in Mumbai on Tue

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will arrive in Mumbai on Tuesday to inaugurate the Swadeshi Mela-2003 at the sprawling Somaiya Trust grounds.Vajpayee who is to reach Mumbai by a special......

Kai Po Che actor Raj Kumar Yadav set to marry

After the career-defining success of Kai Po Che, actor Raj Kumar Yadav is on a new high.The actor left for the Kumbh Mela with his girlfriend Anwita, who he is set to marry soon.The actor reveals,......

PIX: Ekta Kapoor takes Ek Thi Daayan to Kumbh Mela

Ahead of her new film Ek Thi Daayan's April 18 release, Ekta Kapoor took off for the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, with two of her film's stars: Emraan Hashmi and Huma Qureshi.......

Poonam Pandey takes a dip at the Kumbh Mela

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Starlet Poonam Pandey paid a visit to the ongoing Kumbh Mela, and took a dip in the holy Sangam water and sought......

Hollywood star feels India's pull

Hollywood actress Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill), who experiences a feeling of home in India, participated in recent Kumbh Mela, according to reports.Mitchell's next film project will reportedly......

Spotted: Upen Patel, Mahima in Los Angeles

Reader Aashir Patel met Upen Patel and Mahima Chaudhry at the Los Angeles Indian Independence Mela 2008.If you encounter/meet/see film or television personalities and take a photograph or a video......

India forgot the future at the Commonwealth Games opening

What India projected at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, says Sheela Bhatt, was a huge Indian mela in all its old shades. It was India. Chaotic, crowded, loud but warm, colourful......

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Q. Have you ever lost your way in a crowded place like Mela ?
Syed Ilyas: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/have-you-ever-lost-your-way-in-a-crowded-place-like-mela-/25523798/answers/

Q. have you heard that many old and infirm parents/ relatives are deliberately lost in big melas by the children/ relatives ?
Syed Ilyas: A. in my entire life i have never gone to a heavily crowded mela more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/have-you-heard-that-many-old-and-infirm-parents-relatives-ar/25523809/answers/25523800

Q. which is the most crowded place u ever visited???
Shubham Dwivedi: A. yes am well aware of that and thats why neither me nor any member of my family visits such mela more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-is-the-most-crowded-place-u-ever-visited/25504035/answers/25523826

Q. aapke ghar ke sabse paas kaun si NADI (river) hain ??
Nauty: A. Khumbh mela. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/aapke-ghar-ke-sabse-paas-kaun-si-nadi-river-hain-/25495560/answers/25504047

Q. CM Akhilesh is off to Harvard to tell about Kumbh Mela and he is accompanied by a big retinue. What will they tell about the Mela ?
Syed Ilyas: A. Sangam hai ..Ganga Jamuna Sarswati ka :-)) agle saal ka kumbh ka mela yahi lagnewala hai kya aap awoge mere yaha ? :-) more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/cm-akhilesh-is-off-to-harvard-to-tell-about-kumbh-mela-and-h/25491065/answers/25495590

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Melattur comes alive with Bhagavatha Mela

Come May, the small and sleepy town of Melattur comes alive with the five-day Bhagavata Mela Natya festival. Organised by Melattur Bhagavata Mela... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/melattur-comes-alive-with-bhagavatha-mela/article4749970.ece

KSO reprimands Chandel NRHM

Expressing discontentment over the conduct of perfunctory three day health mela at Joupi village in Khengjoy subdivision from May 17 19 by the NRHM... ...

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Tasty jackfruits, mangoes beckon fruit gourmets

The annual mango and jackfruit mela, organised by the Department of Horticulture, at Lalbagh, began on Friday. As many as 86 stalls displayed... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334474/tasty-jackfruits-mangoes-beckon-fruit.html

Pochampally Ikat Mela begins in Kakinada

Tollywood Actress Soumya (Mugguru movie fame) on Friday inaugurated the Pochampally IKAT Art Mela 2013, a nine-day Handloom products exhibition,... ...

http://www.siasat.com/english/news/pochampally-ikat-mela-begins-kakinada

Supporting The Local Community Through Sponsorships

/PRNewswire/ --Opal Enterprises is sponsoring several charitable events in the coming months. The Naperville roofing contractors are sponsoring... ...

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