The Kumbh Mela is a Hindu festival which is held every 12 years [11] 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 36 killed in …

Jan 29, 2025 · Maha Kumbh stampede developments: 30 dead, 60 injured in Prayagraj; judicial probe ordered DIG Vaibhav Krishna says stampede took place between 1 and 2 a.m., when a huge crowd broke the barricades ...

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

Jan 30, 2025 · At least 30 people have died after a stampede during the world's largest gathering of humanity — the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India. (Reuters: Adnan Abidi)

1954 Kumbh Mela crowd collapses was a major crowd crush that occurred on 3 February 1954 at Kumbha Mela in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state in India.

Jan 29, 2025 · Maha Kumbh Stampede: A tragic stampede occurred during the Mahakumbh Mela 2025 at the Sangam Ghat in Prayagraj on Mauni Amavasya, resulting in at least 10 fatalities and many injuries.

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

Jan 29, 2025 · MahaKumbh Mela Stampede News Update: Several people are feared dead and scores of others injured in a "stampede-like" situation at the Maha Kumbh mela in Prayagraj today. How have authorities reacted and what is the current situation? Here's what we know, in …