Kumbh Mela, India

Authorities say at least 30 dead in Kumbh Mela crowd crush
A 1997 cinema hall fire in Delhi, one of India's worst fire tragedies, killed 59 people due to asphyxiation and injured 103 in a panicked crowd crush during a screening of a Bollywood film. In total darkness, balcony viewers had rushed to the exits without emergency lights or staff to guide them.
Tragedy at Kumbh Mela festival as at least 30 killed in mass crush
A stampede broke out at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on Wednesday. Several people lost their lives. Tens of thousands of people were on their way to a holy bath when chaos broke out. Further celebrations were canceled.
Clip shows India stone-pelting ritual, not fighting at Kumbh Mela festival
A video spread online shows an annual stone-pelting ritual in northern India, contrary to claims by social media posts that presented it as Hindu pilgrims attacking each other at the Kumbh Mela mega-festival.
India: Modi bathes in sacred waters of Kumbh Mela festival in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended on Wednesday the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India and immersed himself in the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where a stampede claimed the lives of 30 people and left nearly a hundred injured a week ago.
India: Hindu holy men bathe at Kumbh Mela pilgrimage
Kumbh Mela, often called the world’s largest human gathering, is underway in northern India. DW explores a key highlight of the festival, where the sadhus — holy men, revered for their spiritual devotion,
Families search for missing relatives after 12 feared dead in crush at Kumbh Mela festival
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is the second top official after Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer condolences to the ...
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What to Know About the Hindu Festival Billed as the World’s Largest Religious Gathering
Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on ...
In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus?
Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...
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Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: Know history and significance behind the sacred rituals
The Maha Kumbh bath showcases unity in diversity ... and the Sun is in Aries, the Kumbh Mela is held in Haridwar. The last Purna Kumbh in Haridwar was in 2021, and the next one will be in ...
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India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
Nashik and Ujjain - which became the venues for the Kumbh Mela. Here, devotees from different Hindu sects, or Akharas, join in grand processions to take the 'Shahi Snaan' or royal bath ...