The Kumbh Mela is a Hindu festival which is held every 12 years [5] and lasts for around six weeks. It is considered as one of the most important festivals in the Hindu religious calendar. The 2025 edition was expected to see 400 million people in attendance. Multiple crowd crushes have occurred during the festival, with at least 400 people dying in the 1954 edition and 42 killed in …

1 day ago · At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering early Wednesday, police said, as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters during the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India.

1 day ago · Maha Kumbh 2025 stampede highlights: Multiple casualties feared after stampede breaks out at Maha Kumbh on Mauni Amavasya. Follow the Hindu’s live updates on the stampede in Prayagraj.

1 day ago · A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the northern city of Prayagraj.

1 day ago · People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said.

1 day ago · Reuters Devotees walk from a pontoon bridge after a deadly stampede before the second "Shahi Snan" (royal bath) at the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously ...

1 day ago · The Maha Kumbh festival has had stampedes in the past. In 2013, at least 40 pilgrims who were taking part in the festival were killed in a stampede at a train station in Prayagraj.

1 day ago · Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday as tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most ...

1 day ago · Maha Kumbh Stampede 2025 Highlights: A stampede-like situation at Prayagraj’s Maha Kumbh during Mauni Amavasya left multiple injured, with local reports suggesting at least 15 feared dead. PM Modi spoke to CM Yogi twice, directing immediate action. Several Akhadas cancelled their Amrit Snan, while authorities urged devotees to use designated ghats for safety.

1 day ago · A policeman gestures as the belongings of Hindu devotees lie scattered after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.