This is not the first time a large religious gathering in the country has led to tragedy. Here's a closer look at the festival. India's Maha — or grand — Kumbh Mela is the largest ...

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform ...

Authorities say that at least 30 people have died and a further 60 were injured in a crowd crush at the massive Kumbh Mela festival in India. The world's biggest religious festival and humanity's ...

A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the northern city of Prayagraj.

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, according to ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in ... of the most significant days of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, when followers come to bathe in ...

(CNN) — A crowd crush has injured several people at the world’s largest religious festival in India, organizers reported Wednesday. The crush at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the city of Prayagraj ...

Hindu religious leaders have called off their “royal bath” following the stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela this morning. Today is a sacred day during the six-week festival, and authorities were ...

Hundreds of people died in a stampede during independent India’s first Kumbh Mela festival, in 1954. More than 120 people were killed in a stampede in July during another religious gathering ...

Hindu devotees gather ahead of the second sacred bathing ritual, or 'Shahi Snan', during the Kumbh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati ...