Over 50 crore devotees have participated in the Maha Kumbh Mela at the Triveni Sangam, marking the largest congregation in ...

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 ...

Ambulance driver Karan Kumar told Reuters that police had called him between 3.30am and 4am on Wednesday ... On Thursday, more than 9 million people took a holy dip by 10 a.m (0430 GMT), officials ...

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 ...

For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as millions descended on this northeast Indian tent city, was it a disaster ...

Another stampede took place in 2001 when thousands of devotees gathered for the “holy dip” at a riverbank in Haridwar. open image in gallery A Hindu ‘holy’ man prepares to take a dip in ...

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 ...

At least 30 people died in an early morning stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest Hindu festival in India ... confluence jostled for space to take a holy dip and tried to break through ...

Nepali Hindu devotees undergoing the arduous fasting of 'Swosthani Brata' made their first stop-over pilgrimage commonly called "Pardes Yatra" at Pashupati on Wednesday.Dozens of Hindu women performed ...

Manisha Chauhan Updated : Jan 29, 2025, 09:58 AM IST | Edited by : Manisha Chauhan Filmmaker Kabir Khan recently took a holy dip at the Mahakumbh ... Kumbh is wholly, solely and solely HINDU.” ...