At least 30 people have been killed in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival ... that is used by the ascetics to go in a processionto the river. The stampede occurred when several devotees ...

Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj.

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India ... to go to Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, on a foggy winter evening to take part in the Maha Kumbh Mela ...

Thousands of Hindu holy men have been arriving in Prayagraj to participate in the Kumbh Mela festival Millions ... humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday.

That's how organizers of the annual Mela Festival describe their event, which will take place April 1. This year, the festival, which is organized by the India Association of Greenville ...