Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious ... at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years ...

Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Nearly 40 dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities are yet to issue an official statement but death toll is feared to ...

During the last Maha Kumbh Mela, in 2013, at least three dozen people died when a bridge in a train station collapsed. Hundreds of people died in a stampede during independent India’s first ...

Local administrators estimate the total number of visits to this year’s Maha Kumbh over a 45-day period at a massive 663 ...

Nearly 40 bodies were taken to a hospital morgue following the pre-dawn stampede this morning at India's Maha Kumbh Mela, where millions of Hindu devotees have assembled to take a holy dip at the ...

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 ...

A stampede at India's Kumbh Mela festival, the world's largest religious gathering, has left several feared dead and many ...

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 ...

The Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela will begin on October 31, 2026, with the traditional hoisting of flags at the ...

The Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2026-2028 dates were announced, commencing on October 31, 2026, and concluding on July 24, 2028. Key ...

Stampede at Maha Kumbh festival A stampede occurred at the Maha Kumbh mela in India on Jan. 29 as millions gathered to take a holy dip. The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million ...

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