Wednesday is a sacred day in the six-week Hindu festival, and authorities expected a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ritual bath at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical ...

and authorities were expecting a record 100 million devotees to engage in ritual bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers. The Maha Kumbh festival, held every ...

Crowds had swelled because trains carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been ...

Following the deaths of 10 people at the Ganges River in 2015, organizers of the Kumbh Mela festival imposed a selfie ban to prevent future stampedes during the ritual bathing. A survey of ...

Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official statement on the death toll but it is expected to rise ...

Wednesday's crowds during the six-week festival were larger as all 13 sects of holy people took their holy baths in the Ganges on a day ... at the Kumbh Mela in western India's Nasik town in ...

Fifteen people died in a stampede Saturday at New Delhi's main railway station as a crush of pilgrims were trying to make ...

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees bathe in the sacred river confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna ... 100 million devotees to participate in ritual bathing on this auspicious day.

During the festival, devotees from across India and the globe take a dip at the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges and Jamuna ... expected and devotees had insisted on going to the main bathing area ...

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

Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to bathe in a sacred river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India.