Jan 29, 2025 · Tragedy struck during the 1954 Kumbh Mela on the main bathing day on February 3 when a stampede occurred in Kumbh Nagar, killing at least 300 and injuring over a thousand.

In 1986, 50 people were killed in a stampede. [85] The Prayag Kumbh Mela in 1885 became a source of scandal when a Muslim named Husain was appointed as the Kumbh Mela manager, and Indian newspaper reports stated that Husain had "organised a flotilla of festooned boats for the pleasure of European ladies and gentlemen, and entertained them with ...

Jan 29, 2025 · At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering early Wednesday, police said, as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters during the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India.

Jan 29, 2025 · Rescue personnel carry a victim of a stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, Jan. 29, 2025. ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty

Jan 29, 2025 · The Kumbh Mela, considered the largest religious congregation in the world, witnessed multiple stampedes in the past as well. INCIDENTS OF STAMPEDES AT KUMBH MELA. 1954: The Kumbh Mela of 1954, the first ever Kumbh held after Independence, was a landmark event for India, but it is also remembered as a tragedy. On 3 February 1954, a …

1954 Kumbh Mela crowd collapses was a major crowd crush that occurred on 3 February 1954 at Kumbha Mela in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state in India.

Jan 30, 2025 · Her eldest daughter was among at least 30 people killed in the "stampede" at the Kumbh Mela festival in India. The six-week festival is the single-biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, expected to draw more than 400 million pilgrims.

Jan 29, 2025 · Vaibhav Krishna, the deputy inspector general of police for the festival, told a press conference that a further 60 people were injured in the stampede at the Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh state in ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The Kumbh Mela happens every 12 years at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers - the Ganges (Ganga), Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. Hindus believe that bathing in the sacred waters ...

Jan 29, 2025 · MahaKumbh Mela Stampede News Update: Several people are feared dead and scores of others injured in a "stampede-like" situation at the Maha Kumbh mela in Prayagraj today. How have authorities reacted and what is the current situation? Here's what we know, in …