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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday. Here is a look at the sacred ...

Scott is a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past ...

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform rituals intended to purify the soul. Pilgrims showing photographs of their ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity for ...

PRAYAGRAJ, (ANI) – Gangapuri Maharaj, also known as Chhotu Baba, has become a focal point at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. A resident of Assam’s Kamakhya Peeth, the 57-year-old ...

Public anger erupted in Nashik’s Tapovan after notices suggested about 1,700 trees could be cleared for a Sadhu Gram before the 2026–27 Kumbh Mela. This prompted large protests by residents, NGOs and ...

One organizer said they expected one million pilgrims to attend on Thursday. LONDON -- Hindu pilgrims in India have begun gathering along the Ganges River on the first day of Kumbh Mela,despite ...