Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers.
The world’s largest religious festival turns tragic as a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela leaves 30 dead and 90 injured in India.
Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after ...
A reporter’s trip to the world’s largest holy festival was interrupted by a deadly stampede. His account reveals both the ...
Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.
Authorities had expected a record 100 million people to visit Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh, or "festival of the Sacred ...
In the wake of the Maha Kumbh stampede tragedy in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, the state government introduced strict ...