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Tragedy at Kumbh Mela festival

CBS News on MSN · 19h

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.

ABC News on MSN · 21h

30 dead in stampede as over 100 million people gather at India's Maha Kumbh festival

At least 30 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest gatherings that occurs every 12 years.

BBC on MSN · 20h

Thirty killed in crowd crush at India's Kumbh Mela festival

At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say. The incident took place early on Wednesday when devotees on the riverbanks in the city of Prayagraj were trampled by other pilgrims rushing to take part in a sacred day of ritual bathing.

Aftermath of the Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede

Authorities say at least 30 dead in Kumbh Mela crowd crush

Officials have just announced that 30 people were killed and 60 were injured during the crush at Kumbh Mela festival. Of those people, 25 have been identified, officials say. People that were involved in the incident include those who travelled from the states of Gujarat and Assam to attend the festival, the officials add.

Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the ‘holy dip’ where stampede took place?

At least seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Wednesday, an official said, the most auspicious day of the six-week Great Pitcher Festival.

The New York Times · 1d

The Aftermath of the Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede

Many were feared dead after millions of Hindu pilgrims at a huge Hindu festival in India rushed to bathe in holy river waters.

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"Thankful for Mahadev to give chance for being here": Foreign devotees express joy on attending Maha Kumbh mela

As devotees and tourists continue to gather in Prayagraj for attending the Maha Kumbh Mela, several devotees from across the ...

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Three million foreign tourists expected at Kumbh Mela, says Tourism minister Gajendra Shekhawat

Union Tourism Minister expects over 3 million foreign tourists at Kumbh Mela, highlighting India's tourism growth and ...

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Moments before deadly stampede at India's Maha Kumbh, devotees pleaded to open more routes

Moments before a deadly stampede at the world's biggest religious gathering in India, Hindu devotees queuing to take a ...

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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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