Casualties feared after barrier breaks at India's Maha Kumbh festival
By Adnan Abidi and Saurabh Sharma PRAYAGRAJ (Reuters) -Several people were feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival in north India's Uttar Pradesh State on Wednesday,
Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
Touted as an event for spiritual purificationin Hinduism, Kumbh Mela takes place approximately every 12 years at four locations -.Kumbh Mela, Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, Haridwar Kumbh Mela,
At least 15 dead in stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival
A stampede on Wednesday (Jan 29) at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people, with many more injured, a doctor at the Maha Kumbh festival told
Maha Kumbh festival in India sees 15 million Hindus take holy dip on first day
Officials had expected the first ritual dip to draw 2.5 million visitors, but the State Chief Minister says 15 million devotees ‘earned the holy benefit of bathing in the uninterrupted and clean Trive
Casualties Feared as Stampede Breaks Out at India's Maha Kumbh Festival, the Hindu Reports Citing PTI
Multiple casualties were feared after a stampede-like incident broke out at a Hindu religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, India's The Hindu newspaper reported early hours,
Dozens feared dead after stampede at Hindu festival in India
Footage showed millions of devotees arriving in the predawn dark for a holy dip to mark the most auspicious day of the Kumbh Mela festival Several people were feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival in north India's Uttar Pradesh State on Wednesday,
India set for Maha Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering of humanity
Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest gathering of humanity as it showcases religion, spirituality, tourism and crowd management.
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Why Are Millions of People Flocking to India’s Prayagraj?
This year’s Maha Kumbh Mela is particularly significant. The alignment of stars and planets is said to be the same as when ...
Dreadlocked Indian ascetics among 35mn who take holy dip in Maha Kumbh festival
The Kumbh originates in a Hindu belief that four drops of the nectar of immortality fell to earth, one in Prayagraj, during a ...
Dreadlocked ascetics take ‘royal bath’ in holy festival
Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India yesterday, ...
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Waters of life
The most propitious of these days occur in cycles of 12 years during a festival called the Maha Kumbh Mela, or pitcher ...
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Millions take dip in rivers at Kumbh festival
Hindu ascetics, from crowd of 35 million devotees attending, take dip in freezing waters, seeking absolution from sins.
Casualties feared after barrier breaks at India's Maha Kumbh festival, media reports
Multiple casualties were feared after a barrier broke at a Hindu religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday (Jan 29), The Hindu newspaper ...