Multiple people were feared dead in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious festival in India Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most sacred days of the Hindu festival.

(Changes slug adding STAMPEDE) (Reuters) -Multiple casualties were feared after a barrier broke at a Hindu religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday,

Maha Kumbh stampede at Sangam during Mauni Amavasya draws millions, rare celestial alignment adds spiritual significance.