Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police ...

According to a 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 ...

Hindu devotees gather ahead of the second sacred bathing ritual, or 'Shahi Snan', during the Kumbh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Prayagraj ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath ...

The theme has been conceptualised by Niloy Sen, who is personally overseeing the design and execution of the pandal ...

PRAYAGRAJ, (Reuters) – The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, is being managed with cutting-edge technology to improve safety and crowd control. With over 400 ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most sacred ...

Nearly 40 bodies were brought to a hospital morgue after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday, three police sources told Reuters, as tens of millions gathered to bathe in ...

A monthslong massive Hindu festival -- the Kumbh Mela -- takes place once every three years rotating between four places in India. This year, it is underway in the western Indian city of Nasik in the ...

More than 100 million people are expected to attend this year's Kumbh Mela. LONDON -- Elephants, horses and an expected crowd of more than 120 million people began to descend on Prayagraj, India, ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, according to ...