At the Maha Kumbh event at Central Hospital, 12 babies have been born, given symbolic names like Basant, Basanti, and Kumbh. This joyous event ties their births with Hindu traditions. Families from ...

Saroja, who had traveled for the festival from the southern city of Belagavi and gave only her first name, blamed police ... Stampede at Maha Kumbh festival A stampede occurred at the Maha Kumbh ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival ... s Mughal-era name from Allahabad to ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 ...

Kumbh, or Maha Kumbh, is celebrated every 12 years at four different locations in India. Among them, Prayagraj, where the Ganga, Yamuna, and the invisible Saraswati rivers meet, is the most important.

As many as 400 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to visit Prayagraj, India, during this year’s 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela festival. Held every 12 years at one of four places in India, the Kumbh ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday. Here is a look at ...

on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Deepak Sharma) ...