Thirty killed in crowd crush at India's Kumbh Mela festival
The Kumbh Mela happens every 12 years at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers - the Ganges (Ganga), Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. Hindus believe that bathing in the sacred waters will cleanse them of sins and help them attain salvation.
Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river ... we met Chitiya Ahirvar who is visiting from her village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious ...
More than nine million people took a "holy dip" at the confluence of three sacred rivers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Authorities have confirmed at least 30 people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering.
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Several People Feared Dead After Indian Festival StampedeThe stampede happened when pilgrims rushing to a sacred river confluence tried to jump barricades erected for a procession of holy men, Uttar Pradesh state’s top elected official, Yogi Adityanath, ...
The men, with matted dreadlocks and crowns of marigolds, chanted praise for Hindu deity Lord Shiva and were escorted to the ...
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