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Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say

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.

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Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the Hindu 'festival of festivals' that draws millions to northern India?

The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for devotees who come by the millions to take a cleansing dip in waters they consider sacred.

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Relatives search for missing after deadly Maha Kumbh Mela stampede

STORY: More than 36 hours after a deadly stampede at India's Maha Kumbh Mela festival claimed dozens of lives, distraught relatives frantically searched hospitals and mortuaries for missing loved ones.

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Where rituals and reverence converge: The sadhu akharas of Kumbh Mela

The sadhu akharas at the Kumbh Mela are more than spiritual sanctuaries. These camps, led by ascetic monks, have become ...

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Clip shows fire drill ahead of Kumbh Mela, not blaze that 'injured eight at festival hospital'

Accidents such as the deadly stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival in January 2025 are a notorious feature of Indian religious ...

Akhilesh Yadav Slams UP Govt On Kumbh Mela Stampede: Learn A Lesson From Today's Incident

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has criticised the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh over the stampede incident at the ...

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When unbridled devotion led to disaster: Remembering the 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede

Hundreds died in a stampede at the first Kumbh Mela in independent India in Allahabad in 1954 – a disaster caused by ...

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