Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...

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

The event is deeply rooted in Hindu mythology and centres on the belief in the purifying power of sacred rivers. Pilgrims ...

Australians are among the hundreds of millions flocking to North India for one of the largest gatherings on earth. What makes ...

By Ashok Vohra In 1925, MK Gandhi was invited to participate as a member of the Phoenix group of volunteers in the Kumbh Mela ...

A deadly stampede at Triveni Sangam ghat during Mahakumbh 2025 resulted in at least fifteen deaths as devotees gathered for ...

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The deadly stampede at the Mahakumbh Mela 2025 highlights the ongoing challenges of crowd management during large religious ...

The Mahakumbh Mela is a major Hindu festival held every 12 years at four locations: Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain.

A tragic stampede occurred during the Mahakumbh Mela 2025 at the Sangam Ghat in Prayagraj on Mauni Amavasya, resulting in at ...

Haridwar, nestled in the state of Uttarakhand, is another sacred site for the Maha Kumbh Mela. Situated along the banks of the Ganges river, it is believed to be where drops of the divine nectar ...