It was the peak moment at one of the holiest gatherings on the Hindu calendar — the Maha Kumbh Mela, a 45-day celebration that brings hundreds of millions of the faithful to bathe in the joined ...

Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past February, and I'm now seeing the ...

There have been calls for accountability in the aftermath of the stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival. (Reuters: Adnan Abidi)Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take an early morning ...

Her eldest daughter was among at least 30 people killed in the "stampede" at the Kumbh Mela festival in India. ... In the aftermath, relatives queued up to identify those killed in the stampede.

Video shows aftermath of deadly crowd crush at world's largest religious festival ... Over six weeks, a staggering 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, ...

If you're just joining us, here's what we know so far about the crowd crush at India's Kumbh Mela religious festival. We are still waiting for an official update on the death toll, more than 12 ...

During the last Maha Kumbh Mela, in 2013, at least three dozen people died when a bridge in a train station collapsed. Hundreds of people died in a stampede during independent India’s first ...

The lost-and-found center is part of a huge temporary infrastructure for the Kumbh Mela. Image Sushil Kumar, a police constable, making a call to a relative of a lost pilgrim.

The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, running from 13 January to 26 February, is expected to draw around 400 million pilgrims, making it one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.

People offer prayers at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh Mela Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on January 13, 2025.

The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, running from 13 January to 26 February, is expected to draw around 400 million pilgrims, making it one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. open image in gallery ...