PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...

As many as 400 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to visit Prayagraj, India, during this year’s 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela festival. Held every 12 years at one of four places in India, the Kumbh Mela is ...

Reuters and local media reported witnesses seeing several dead bodies near the river bank, and photos ... station in Allahabad as pilgrims gathered for that year’s Kumbh Mela.

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 million, ...

The Ardh Kumbh Mela takes place every six years in Haridwar and Prayagraj. Prayagraj was earlier known as Allahabad. The name was changed by Adityanath’s Hindu nationalist state government in 2018.

Kumbh Mela is a grand Hindu pilgrimage that occurs every 12 years and rotates among four sacred cities in India: Allahabad (Prayagraj), Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik. The festival is deeply rooted in ...

Reuters and local media reported witnesses seeing several dead bodies near the river bank where the incident occurred, and photos ... Allahabad as pilgrims gathered for that year’s Kumbh Mela.