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

At least 15 feared dead in stampede during huge Hindu festival in India - Crush happened as pilgrims tried to jump over ...

Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela ...

A stampede has injured dozens of people as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive ...

A crowd crush at a Hindu festival in northern India has left at least 11 people dead and more than 50 injured, local media ...

According to the Indian government, some 400 million people were expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, the most important ...

Observing silence on Mauni Amavasya and bathing in the Ganga is believed to purify the soul and bring inner calm. At Maha ...

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the ...

India's Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, began Monday, January 13, as millions of Hindu devotees gathered along the Ganges River. The festival, held every 12 years, is one of ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth.

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic at the festival where devotees from across India had congregated to ...