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30 dead in stampede

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say

A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the northern city of Prayagraj.

cbc.ca on MSN · 20h

Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the Hindu 'festival of festivals' that draws millions to northern India?

The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for devotees who come by the millions to take a cleansing dip in waters they consider sacred.

ABC News on MSN · 1d

30 dead in stampede as over 100 million people gather at India's Maha Kumbh festival

At least 30 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest gatherings that occurs every 12 years.

Major stampedes in India over years

Reuters on MSN · 16h

Major stampedes in India over the years

Several people were feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in northern India's Uttar Pradesh State on Wednesday, on one of the holiest days of the event as tens of millions of people gathered at the site.

The Washington Post · 1d

A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years

At least 30 people are dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India

The New York Times · 1d

Stampede Breaks Out During Major Hindu Festival in India

Millions of Hindu pilgrims gathered in Prayagraj, India, for the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, but thousands were trampled after crowds surged toward the confluence of two rivers.

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Christmas drone show falsely portrayed as India's Kumbh Mela festival

Days before India started its mammoth Kumbh Mela festival, a video showing preparations for a nighttime light show surfaced ...

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When unbridled devotion led to disaster: Remembering the 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede

Hundreds died in a stampede at the first Kumbh Mela in independent India in Allahabad in 1954 – a disaster caused by ...

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