The Kumbh Mela has witnessed deadly stampedes before. In 1954, more than 400 people were killed—trampled or drowned—in a single day. During its previous edition in 2013, the festival was ...

(Photo courtesy of MEP) From my first Kumbh Mela, I will never forget the inaugural ... I was among them in 2013 for the mauni amavasya, and I will be there again this year, carried by the endless ...

Taken together with the 69 fatalities recorded at the Motilal Nehru Medical College, the death toll from the Maha Kumbh ...

A video spread online shows an annual stone-pelting ritual in northern India, contrary to claims by social media posts that ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Maha Kumbh Mela by taking a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj. This symbolic act marked his spiritual involvement in one of the largest ...

The tragedy occurred on Jan. 29 between 1am and 2am as throngs of devotees broke through barricades in an attempt to get to a triangular land mass known as the Sangam Nose, which is sandwiched between ...

More than 400 people died after they were trampled or drowned at the Kumbh Mela on a single day of the festival in 1954, one ...

A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many ...

Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official ...

(CNN) — Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as ...

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...

A pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday claimed dozens ... The tragedy echoes a similar incident from 2013 when a stampede claimed at least 36 lives. Authorities ...