The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

Grieving families cremated their loved ones while others cared for their injured relatives in hospitals on Thursday, a day ...

At least 30 people have died and dozens of others have been injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious festival ...

Authorities had expected a record 100 million people to visit Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh, or "festival of the Sacred ...

At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were injured early Wednesday after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

More than 100 people were killed in a stampede in northern India in July 2024 following a Hindu religious gathering, making ...

Officials have just announced that 30 people were killed and 60 were injured during the crush at Kumbh Mela festival. Of ...

At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in ...

Pilgrims rushing to take part in ritual bathing trampled over people on ... out in the cold for a month on the banks of the Ganges river. The BBC's Samira Hussain describes what she saw at the ...

Journeying across India for the pinnacle celebration of the Hindu calendar, Laxmi and her family were sleeping by the ...