The so-called 'largest gathering of humans on Earth' has begun in India. Over the next six weeks, 400 million people are expected to take part in the Hindu pilgrimage. South Asia Bureau Chief ...

At least 30 people were killed in a crowd rush at India’s Kumbh Mela festival on Wednesday. During Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage that occurs every 12 years, tens of millions of people take ritual ...

The Kumph Mela pilgrimage started around January 14, 2025 in the northern city of Praygraz in India with 15 million pilgrims ...

India, on January 29, the Hindustan Times said. Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered for the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, the report said. Drone footage released by police ahead of the stampede ...