India’s Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious gathering, by the numbers
Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious congregation.
Several people feared dead in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
Dozens are injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival
Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country’s northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday
Dozens are injured in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
A stampede has injured dozens of people as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India. News agency Press Trust of India cited authorities who said injured people were sent to a hospital after the stampede early Wednesday.
Families in India cremate loved ones killed in stampede at religious festival
Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a day after a stampede
At least 30 dead and many more hurt in stampede at huge Hindu festival in India
People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet.
Thirty killed in crowd crush at India's Kumbh Mela festival
The Kumbh Mela happens every 12 years at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers - the Ganges (Ganga), Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. Hindus believe that bathing in the sacred waters will cleanse them of sins and help them attain salvation.
At least 30 killed in stampede at massive Hindu festival in India
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Coins and contaminants: How Delhi divers make a living in the polluted Yamuna waterway
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A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years
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Dozens reported dead in stampede at India’s massive Maha Kumbh festival
It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic at the festival where devotees from across India had congregated to ...
After Maha Kumbh stampede, come decongestion measures. Here’s how pilgrims continue to suffer
In the wake of the Maha Kumbh stampede tragedy in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, the state government introduced strict ...