Multiple people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

Hundreds died in a stampede at the first Kumbh Mela in independent India in Allahabad in 1954 – a disaster caused by ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest gathering with origins in Lord Vishnu wresting a golden pitcher with a nectar of immortality from demons after a 12-day celestial fight ...

A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...

More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian ...

A deadly stampede at Uttar Pradesh's Maha Kumbh mela raises fresh concerns over crowd control at religious gatherings. Here's ...

At least 30 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest ...

The scale of the Maha Kumbh Mela is astonishing. The last one, in 2013, drew 120 million people ... s host city in 2018 to Prayagraj from Allahabad. The move, part of a wave of changes brought ...

A swift response from the fire brigade prevented a major incident at Maha Kumbh ... a major disaster. In total, 50 fire stations and 20 fire posts have been set up throughout the mela ground.

Over the next six weeks, a staggering 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival ... Formerly known as Allahabad, Prayagraj was renamed by Adityanath in 2018 ...

The last Maha Kumbh Mela was held in 2013 in Allahabad (now Prayagraj). This fair lasted for 55 days and lakhs of pilgrims participated in it. This fair was considered the largest gathering in ...