A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

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

Nearly 40 people were killed in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday and several others injured in a pre-dawn ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India, Jan 29 (Reuters ... to take a holy dip on the most auspicious day of the six-week Hindu festival. Here is a look at how authorities have been managing the mammoth crowds ...

Millions of Hindu pilgrims gathered in Prayagraj, India, for the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, but thousands were trampled after crowds surged toward the confluence of two rivers.

Security officers guide devotees into an ambulance at the site of a stampede during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, January 29, 2025. AP At least 30 people ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) -Dozens of people were killed ... in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week festival. Reuters counted 39 bodies in the morgue of the local hospital ...