Hyderabad, Feb. 28 -- One of the world's biggest religious spectacles "Maha Kumbh Mela" in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh closed on Maha Shivaratri on Wednesday.

The star-studded religious gathering attracted crores of devotees from across India, the globe and proved to be one of the largest religious gatherings of the century.

The next Kumbh Mela will be at Nashik in Maharashtra in 2027 and Purna Kumbh at Haridwar in Uttarakhand in 2033.

Notwithstanding some tragic incidents, lakhs of devout especially from Southern states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka visited the 45-day Kumbh Mela by cars, trains, buses and flights and ensured they had a holy dip in the famed Triveni Sangam, a confluence of three rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saras...