The Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest religious gathering. Anupreeta Das covers India and South Asia for The Times. She is based in New Delhi. Hari Kumar covers India, based out of New Delhi.

It was the peak moment at one of the holiest gatherings on the Hindu calendar — the Maha Kumbh Mela, a 45-day celebration that brings hundreds of millions of the faithful to bathe in the joined ...

More than 400 people died after they were trampled or drowned at the Kumbh Mela on a single day of the festival in 1954, one of the largest tolls in a crowd-related disaster globally.

The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, running from 13 January to 26 February, is expected to draw around 400 million pilgrims, making it one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.

India-West News Desk PRAYAGRAJ- At least 30 people were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in here on January 29.

Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, according to ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, which takes place every 12 years, began on 13 January, with over 400 million people expected to visit before the six-week festival concludes. Key Points ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Wednesday, an ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most ...