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The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees have already visited the festival since it began last month.

At least 18 people died during a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital late on Saturday when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world’s largest religious gathering ...

Religion, politics and the economy are deeply intertwined in India -- and the six-week-long Hindu festival of the Kumbh Mela gives one of the clearest examples. The Hindu nationalist government of ...

Crowds had swelled because trains carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been delayed, according to local media. By Eve Sampson Fifteen people ...

This is the world's largest religious festival, with tens of millions of Hindu devotees coming together in one place, but this sacred gathering has a history of deadly crowd-related incidents.

The festival is a six-week-long Hindu celebration of prayer and bathing held every 12 years in the northern city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state. In 2025 it ends February 26. The video ...

The deadly surge happened at about 8pm local time on Saturday evening as thousands of passengers waited to board a train to the Maha Kumbh Hindu festival in Prayagraj in northern India.

The victims were on their way to Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the holiest Hindu festivals that is held once every 12 years in Prayagraj city, at the confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical ...

The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has a history of crowd-related disasters — including one last month, when at least 30 ...