40 hours ago In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus?

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims expected to take part

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17 hours ago Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India

Indian authorities have released an official statement on the death toll but it is expected to rise

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30 hours ago Maha Kumbh Mela: At least 30 dead in multiple stampedes at huge Hindu gathering

Witnesses describe people describe surging crowds on the banks of the Ganges during Hindu festival

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32 hours ago Kumbh Mela stampede latest: At least 30 dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival in India

Indian authorities are yet to issue an official statement but death toll is feared to be as high as 50

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34 hours ago Maha Kumbh Mela: About 40 dead in multiple stampedes at huge Hindu gathering

Indian officials remain reluctant to provide a death toll as opposition parties criticise management of biggest gathering of humanity on Earth

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35 hours ago Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Nearly 40 dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival in India

Indian authorities are yet to issue an official statement but death toll is feared to be as high as 50

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35 hours ago Kumbh Mela crowd crush: Scattered belongings line floor after fatal stampede in India

Belongings of Hindu devotees were left strewn on the ground after at least seven people died in multiple stampedes at India's Kumbh Mela festival.

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39 hours ago Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Many feared dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival in India

Indian authorities are yet to issue an official statement but death toll is feared to be as high as 50

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41 hours ago BREAKING: Stampede horror kills 15 people at world's largest religious festival as panic sparked

The world's largest religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela in India, has seen at least 15 people killed as millions throng at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers

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42 hours ago Maha Kumbh Mela: At least seven dead in multiple stampedes at huge Hindu gathering

Indian officials reluctant to reveal death toll as up to 50 reportedly killed in crowd crush

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43 hours ago Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Many feared dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival

Indian authorities are yet to issue an official statement but death toll is feared to be as high as 50

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