Families search for missing relatives after 12 feared dead in crush at Kumbh Mela festival
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is the second top official after Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer condolences to the families of those who have lost loved ones in the crush. In a post on X, he called the accident in Prayagraj "extremely painful" and expressed condolences to victims' relatives.
What caused the stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival that killed dozens?
Nearly 40 people were killed in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday and several others injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela - a Hindu religious festival touted to be the largest human gathering in the world.
The event is deeply rooted in Hindu mythology and centres on the belief in the purifying power of sacred rivers. Pilgrims ...
Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...
Accidents such as the deadly stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival in January 2025 are a notorious feature of Indian religious ...
Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. - Watch: BBC reports from scene of India's Kumbh Mela crush ...
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