Kumbh Mela Archives

Kumbh Will Return To Kashmir Valley After 75 Years

June 2, 2016

With an expected footfall of 20,000 Kashmiri Pandits, the Dashar Maha Kumbh is set to make a return to Kashmir on 14th June. kumbhmelanashik.in Set to return after a long drought of 75 years, the Kumbh M...

Capturing The Kumbh: 8 Great Documentaries About The Mela

Sanskriti Shukla

May 5, 2016

Culture, FS Features

Experience the greatest and largest festival in the world through a different lens. The Kumbh Mela is a spiritual experience that is unparalleled in its sheer magnanimity. While shooting his film World's Big...

A Hindu Leader Staged A Burial Protest For Gender Equality At Kumbh Mela, Ujjain

Mohit Thakkar

April 27, 2016

FS News, Local

Trikal Bhavanta, founder of the Pari Akhara, led a powerful protest at the Kumbh Mela shedding light on the lack of gender equality in Hinduism. The Kumbh Mela is the largest and most sacred of all Hindu fes...

First Look: Kumbh Mela, Ujjain, 2016

Sanskriti Shukla

April 27, 2016

Culture, FS Features

Everything that happened at the Kumbh in Ujjain until now. And it's beautiful. The Kumbh Mela is one of the biggest Hindu festivals in India. The Mela takes place periodically at four different places throug...

Sadhus At Kumbh Mela Beat Policemen Up Over Theft Issues

Brij Dalvi

April 25, 2016

FS News, Local

In a spine-chilling video courtesy India TV, several sadhus at the Simhasta Kumbh Mela in Ujjain ganged up and started running after a few policemen, and beat them up while hurling a volley of abuses at the sam...

8 Remarkable Festival Documentaries To Binge Watch This Weekend

Anupama Khedkar

February 8, 2016

Culture, FS Features

Take a look at some of the greatest documented moments of festival history! If you're a festival aficionado like the rest of us at Festival Sherpa, we recommend investing some time into watching festival do...

18 Festivals That Have Helped Put India On The Global Map

Meher Manda

January 25, 2016

FS Features

As India celebrates its 67th Republic Day, The Sherp takes a look at all those Indian festivals that have helped further the country's culture to the global map! Our country's culture is so ingeniously diver...

6 Indian Festivals That Will Take You On A Trip

Meher Manda

November 30, 2015

Culture, FS Features

The Sherp goes alternative with the idea of ‘trippy’ by bringing to you 6 Indian festivals that promise you unique trips of diverse kinds! For a long time, the word ‘trippy’ has been associated with everythi...

15 Colourful And Culturally Significant Festivals That Need To Be On Your Bucketlist

Dhriti Menon

November 10, 2015

Culture, FS Features

Every region of the world, lauds its most interesting culture through grand parties, parades and often quirky events that you need to see to believe. From the elaborate Chinese New Year, to the stunning Carniva...

10 Festivals That Can Inspire Social Change

Meher Manda

September 24, 2015

Culture, FS Features

It requires a following to send across a message. And because music festivals have followers by the thousands, they can inspire some genuine social change. Festivals command attention to a level that has inc...

The Sherp’s Top Stories Of The Week

Anupama Khedkar

September 4, 2015

FS Features

It was an eventful week in the world of festivals. Kumbh Mela celebrated another spectacular and culturally rich year as Mark Zuckerberg took a helicopter to Black Rock City to serve grilled cheese at Burning M...

So, Kumbh Mela Just Banned Taking Selfies Amidst Overcrowding Fears

Dhriti Menon

September 2, 2015

Culture, FS News

In an effort to manage hazardous overcrowding, pilgrims are being stopped from taking pictures of themselves when moving in for their holy Snan. Last week we reported that India's most important cultur...

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