Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.

In the depths of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, a community of divers searches for coins thrown by Hindu ...

For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as ...

A Sadhu or Hindu holy men touches feet seek blessings from Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath Peeth of Uttarakhand, Swami ...

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 organizers, as the investigation ...

At least 30 dead in multiple stampedes at huge Hindu gathering - Witnesses describe people describe surging crowds on the ...

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

Videos from the scene showed victims being rushed to ambulances or lying motionless on the ground after a large crowd broke ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

A stampede near the sacred Sangam ghat in Prayagraj has left multiple pilgrims seriously injured. #StampedeTragedy ...

More than 100 people were killed in a stampede in northern India in July 2024 following a Hindu religious gathering, making ...

Authorities had expected a record 100 million people to visit Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh, or "festival of the Sacred ...