A stampede injured dozens of people early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India, local media reported. I ...

Wednesday was a sacred day during the six-week festival, and authorities were expecting a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ritual bath at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

The world's largest religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela in India, has seen at least 15 people killed as millions throng at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers ...

Called the world’s largest religious gathering, the event has already drawn 148 million people. Attendance is expected to exceed 400 million by the time it ends on Feb. 26, and surging crowds have ...

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, a doctor at a government hospital said, as tens of thousands ...

An Indian diocese has opened its facilities to welcome Hindu pilgrims during a six-week festival in a northern city ... that during the auspicious period, a ritual bath in the confluence of the holy ...

GalleryAccording to the Indian government ... The flow of the Ganges symbolizes amrita, and celebrations take place around the river. The main event of the festival is the immersion in the ...

What Is Special About Wednesday's 'Royal Bath ... the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Wednesday, an official said, the most auspicious day of the six-week Great Pitcher Festival.

NEW DELHI — At least 30 people are dead and many more injured in a stampede Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to bathe in a sacred river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges ... festival in the Indian city of Prayagraj, rushed to bathe in holy ...

Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges ... The festival is a big test for Indian authorities to showcase ...