Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The shadow of a pilgrim falls on a sari held up to dry during Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, India. (AP ...

The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees have already visited the festival since it began last month.

Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims who were traveling to the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India, according to Delhi’s caretaker chief minister. A relative of one of the deceased said an ...

The festival also sees millions of Hindu women taking a dip in the waters, often draped in a sari. Saris have remained traditional dresses for women in India and other South Asian countries ...

Hindus believe that bathing at the confluence of the rivers will cleanse them of their sins and release them from the cycle of rebirth. The festival also sees millions of Hindu women taking a dip in ...

The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees have already visited the festival since it began last month.

At least 18 people died during a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital late on Saturday when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world’s largest religious gathering ...

The deadly surge happened at about 8pm local time on Saturday evening as thousands of passengers waited to board a train to the Maha Kumbh Hindu festival in Prayagraj in northern India.