New Delhi, Jan 31 (EFE).- The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela surpassed the symbolic figure of 300 million holy baths since its beginning on Jan. 13 in northern India, according to data from the ...

Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died in a stampede on the most auspicious day of the six-week ...

Hindu devotees queuing to take a holy bath on Wednesday morning said they pleaded with police to open barricaded routes to thin out a surging crowd just moments before the deadly stampede broke out.

The confluence of the rivers is called Sangam and a “holy dip” in the waters is regarded as one of the festival’s main rituals. In contrast to the Maha Kumbh Mela, the Kumbh Mela occurs ...

Hindu devotees queuing to take a holy bath on Wednesday morning said they pleaded with police to open barricaded routes to thin out a surging crowd just moments before the deadly stampede broke out.

A deadly stampede interrupts celebrations at a Hindu festival in northern India, leaving dozens of people dead. Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest religious gathering, where upwards of 400 million ...

It attracts hundreds of millions of devotees, holy men, tourists and politicians, converging on the banks of the holiest rivers in Hinduism to bathe in waters that are considered sacred.

On Tuesday, Kabir Khan visited Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh 2025. Manisha Chauhan Updated : Jan 29, 2025, 09:58 AM IST | Edited by : Manisha Chauhan Filmmaker Kabir Khan recently took a holy dip at ...

He also shared he would take a holy bath. When asked about observing a ritual being a Muslim, Kabir Khan hailed the spirit of Indian democracy and said, "There is no Hindu or Muslim in this ...

A stampede injured dozens of people early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India, local media reported.

The Maha Kumbh Mela is one of Hinduism’s holiest festivals ... The confluence of the rivers is called Sangam and a “holy dip” in the waters is regarded as one of the festival’s main ...

(CNN) — Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of ...