The traditional sari is on colorful display at a massive Hindu festival in India
The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern ...
AP PHOTOS: The traditional sari is on colorful display at a massive Hindu festival in India
This display of Indian women’s most idiosyncratic garment — known as the sari — is, however, seen mostly when it is sun-dried ...
The Independent20d
Maha Kumbh Mela: At least 30 dead in multiple stampedes at huge Hindu gathering
The event’s main draw is the thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive processions toward the confluence to bathe. Indian authorities took more than 16 hours to release casualty ...
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Police say at least 30 people have died in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
The incident occurred as Hindu pilgrims rushed toward the sacred confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers for a ritual bath. A stampede injured dozens of people early Wednesday ...
The Hindu20d
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) morning launched its historic 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV-F15 with the ...
The New York Times20d
At Least 30 Dead and Many More Hurt in Stampede at Huge Hindu Festival in India
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. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...
The Indian Express20d
Delhi court orders registration of FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub over allegations of ‘insult to Hindu deities’
The Delhi Police on Tuesday informed a court that an FIR has been lodged against journalist Rana Ayyub after a lawyer accused her of spreading “anti-India sentiment” and “insulting” Hindu deities on ...
Sky21d
Deadly stampede kills 30, injures dozens, at Maha Kumbh Hindu festival in northern India
At least 30 people have died and 60 have been injured in a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India. Images from the scene in the city of Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh state, show bodies being ...
BBC21d
In pictures: Kumbh Mela crowd crush
At least 12 people are feared to have been killed in a crush at a huge Hindu religious festival in northern India. The incident happened at the Kumbh Mela festival when people who were sleeping by ...
Reuters21d
Dozens killed in India's Kumbh festival stampede
The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million people overall, according to officials, compared with the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia which drew 1.8 million last year. By Tuesday ...
Reuters21d
India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
Here is a look at the sacred Hindu event which is expected to draw more than 400 million visitors over six weeks, making for the largest gathering of humanity in the world. The Kumbh Mela is held ...