A devotee offers prayers as he takes a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical invisible Saraswati river, to mark Maghi Purnima, one of the auspicious days ...

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- A stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station in India on Saturday evening killed at least 15 ...

Indian devotees converged on a river for a holy bath days after the tragic stampede that killed 30 individuals. Aerial footage shows crowds of worshippers splashing in the Triveni Sangam River in ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — 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 ...

Wednesday is 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 ...

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 ...

Devotees take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati river As ... images from the festival. As we reported earlier, the Shahi Snan (royal bath) has started ...

Unlike Pythagoras though, many Hindus believe that the cycle of birth and rebirth could end with moksha, starting with a holy dip in the River Ganga that ... in the Indian bath, around $6m.

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 ...

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 ...

Millions of people were attempting to take a holy bath in the river ... festival when there was an initial stampede at 1am local time (7.30pm UK time) on Wednesday. Image: People bathing in the ...