Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious ...

The New Lion is the one to beat in the festival Grade 1, but 14-1 is a cracking price for the Fergal O'Brien-trained six-year ...

Stampede at Maha Kumbh festival A stampede occurred at the Maha Kumbh mela in India on Jan. 29 as millions ... A similar stampede on the most auspicious day of the festival when it was last ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s ...

also on the most auspicious and biggest day of the festival that year. In 1954, tragedy also struck at the Kumbh Mela in what was one of India's deadliest stampedes, with at least 300 people ...

Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas. In July at least 116 people died, most of them women and children, when ...

The most propitious of these days occur in ... Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage last year. The festival is a big test for Indian authorities to showcase the Hindu religion, tourism ...

A Hindu devotee gets a sacred mark on his forehead after bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the ...

a huge festival in the Indian city of Prayagraj, rushed to bathe in holy river waters on what is considered one of the most auspicious dates in the Hindu calendar. As pilgrims rushed to the ...

At least 30 people have died and another 60 have been injured by a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India ... 10 pm CET Tuesday), the most auspicious day of the ...