The Kumbh Mela is a rich subject and has been documented in a number of books. Listed below are books that are specificly about the Khumba Mela or discuss subject matters that are related to the event.

• Bhardwaj, Surinder Mohan.
  Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India:
  A Study in Cultural Geography.
  Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973
  
  
• Gupta, Shakti.
  Festivals, Fairs and Facts of India.
  New York: Facet Books International, 1990
  
  
• Hebner, Jack and Osborn, David,
  Khumba Mela: The World's Largest Act of Faith.
  Mandala Publishing Group, 1991, Purchase
  
  
• Rai. Subas.
  Kumbha Mela : history and religion, astronomy and cosmobiology. Varanasi: Ganga Kaveri Pub. House, 1993
  
  
• Singh, Raghubhir.
  Kumbh Mela.
  Hong Kong, The Perennial Press, 1980 (out of print)
  
  
• Singh, Raghubhir.
  Ganga.
  New York, Aperture, 1992 (out of print)
  
  
• van Buitenen, J.A.B. (trans)
  The Mahabharata: Volume 2.
  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977