A pre-dawn stampede at the ... Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy men lead ...

Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the ... single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy ...

Minister urges caution for Chithirai festival after 2022 stampede, emphasizing crowd control, parking restrictions, and ...

[AF] At least 18 people died during a stampede ... milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees have already visited the festival since it began ...

It was January, and I was headed 80 miles west to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, a Hindu religious festival in which ... that year there was a terrible stampede in which hundreds died.

A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a ...