Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers.
A reporter’s trip to the world’s largest holy festival was interrupted by a deadly stampede. His account reveals both the ...
The world’s largest religious festival turns tragic as a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela leaves 30 dead and 90 injured in India.
Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.
In the wake of the Maha Kumbh stampede tragedy in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, the state government introduced strict ...