The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India ... with many sleeping near the ghats, or sacred steps leading down to Ganges, to reserve a prime spot.

Pilgrims searched for their family members after a stampede broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India. Credit... Supported by By The New York Times Photographs by Atul Loke It ...

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 ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival ... who immerse themselves in near-freezing temperatures.

The tent city of Prayagraj near the Sangam - the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers - dazzles in pictures. The Maha Kumbh Mela, held once every 144 years ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India: A pre-dawn stampede at the Maha ... near the disaster site. A woman crawls under a fence, after a deadly stampede before the second "Shahi Snan" (grand bath), at the "Kumbh Mela ...

The pilgrims believe that taking a dip at the Sangam during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh Mela (great festival of ... Chants blare from some and hymns from others. Near the ghats, loudspeakers ...