Over the next six weeks, a staggering 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher, on the riverbanks in the city of Prayagraj. Every 12 ...

Authorities say at least 30 people have died and a further 60 were injured in a crowd crush at the massive Kumbh Mela festival India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his condolences to ...

Videos from the scene of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Uttar Pradesh state showed victims being rushed to ambulances or lying motionless on the ground. People rummaged through piles of clothes ...

Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj.

Over the last 45 days, more than 620 million people – over a third of India’s roughly 1.4 billion population - have attended the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of ...

Pilgrims showing photographs of their lost relatives at the lost-and-found center last month at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India. India Dispatch The lost-and-found center at the world’s ...

The city on Saturday experienced a sudden change in weather. Light showers in the morning posed some hurdle in the preparations for the Mahakumbh starting next month. According to the chief ...

According to tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the Ganges during Kumbh Mela holds the promise of washing away one’s sins. People from all walks of life in ...

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At least 30 people have died during India's Kumbh Mela festival. Held every 12 years, the Kumbh Mela, which lasts over six weeks, is thought to be the largest religious gathering in the world ...