Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India
The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...
30 dead in stampede as over 100 million people gather at India's Maha Kumbh festival
At least 30 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest ...
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Numerous victims in a stampede at the world's largest religious festival
The estimate is that over 100 million people were gathered to bathe in the Ganges River, in the celebration of Kumbh Mela. Never in history had so many people gathered in one place: 400 million people ...
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'We are stuck in a materialistic world. At the Kumbh, we renounce that'
there is a unique group of people called Kalpwasis. They are mostly elderly pilgrims who undertake what is called Kalpwas - a month-long stay on the banks of the sacred Ganges river. They believe ...
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At Least 30 Dead and Many More Hurt in Stampede at Huge Hindu Festival in India
As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers, which Hindus consider sacred, thousands of people who were lying or sitting on the river banks were trampled, safety ...
In pictures: India's Kumbh Mela festival draws millions to the banks of the Ganges
According to the Indian government, some 400 million people were expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, the most important ...
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Authorities say at least 30 dead in Kumbh Mela crowd crush
Devotees take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati river As we've been reporting, at least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the Kumbh Mela festival ...
A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years
At least 30 people are dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at ...
Another mishap at Mahakumbh: Pontoon bridge on Ganges in Phaphamau area collapses, several trapped, rescue on
Another incident has happened at the Prayagraj Mahakumbh 2025. On Friday afternoon, a pontoon bridge built on the Ganges ...
Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say
A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...