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News Reports

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar blames Kumbh Mela for COVID-19 surge, says returnees will distribute Coronavirus as ‘prasad’

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar compared Kumbh Mela with the Tablighi Jamaat's Markaz Nizamuddin event

Opinions

Panic amid pandemic: Did we get complacent as we thought we got lucky

Nirwa Mehta - 17 April, 2021

As India struggles in second wave of coronavirus pandemic, a lowdown of how we all got complacent to the Chinese virus

News Reports

We respect PM Modi’s call: PM Modi urges for snan at Kumbh to be kept symbolic due to COVID-19, Swami Avdheshanand responds

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2021

PM Modi spoke to Juna Akhara Mahamandleshwar, Swami Avdheshanand and requested for 'Shahi Snan' at Kumbh Mela to be kept symbolic.

News Reports

The Logical Indian spreads fake news claiming BJP leader attended Kumbh despite testing Covid positive, issues apology

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2021

The Logical Indian (TLI) has apologised for spreading fake news about Uttar Pradesh Minister Sunil Bharala.

News Reports

Kumbh to be wrapped up by April 17: What this Niranjani Akhada Sadhu says is another reason Kumbh was nothing like Tablighi Jamaat

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2021

Ravindra Puri Maharaj of the Niranjani Akhada has stated that they have asked all Sadhus from other states to go back, keeping in view the pandemic concerns.

Opinions

Attempts to draw false equivalence between the Kumbh Mela and Tablighi Jamaat congregation do not make sense: Here’s why

K Bhattacharjee - 12 April, 2021

Attempts are being made to draw false equivalences between the Kumbh Mela and the Tablighi Jamaat congregation last year.

Media Fact-Check

India Today spreads fake news, continues to peddle agenda about Kumbh Mela becoming a ‘super-spreader’ event despite getting fact-checked

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2021

India Today published a fake news alleging that centre said in a statement that Kumbh Mela has become a Covid-19 super-spreader

News Reports

From giving them a makeover to getting them a job: Kumbh Police starts a unique initiative that has so far changed the lives of...

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2021

Thanks to a campaign by Kumbh Mela Police in Uttarakhand, the lives of 24 beggars have changed forever.

News Reports

With COVID protocols in place, Haridwar Kumbh Mela shortened to 48 days in 2021

OpIndia Staff - 28 December, 2020

Kumbh 2021 to be celebrated amid Covid-19 restrictions for 48 days instead of the usual three and half months .

Culture and History

Getting lost and finding oneself at Kumbh

Prerita Chauthaiwale - 7 March, 2019

So much has been written and talked about Kumbh and yet it seems so little

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