A pre-dawn stampede at the ... Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy men lead ...

It was January, and I was headed 80 miles west to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, a Hindu religious festival in which ... that year there was a terrible stampede in which hundreds died.

The Maha Kumbh Mela is a religious festival, and it is touted to be the largest human gathering in the world. What led to the stampede ... day-long Maha Kumbh. The Hindu has reported on the ...

Officials said an initial stampede which occurred around 1am ... The world's largest congregation of humanity, the Hindu festival has already seen gigantic daily crowds, with nearly 148 million ...

[AF] At least 18 people died during a stampede ... milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees have already visited the festival since it began ...

This year, even a deadly stampede proved no deterrent to believers ... the most important day of this Hindu festival. The Maha Kumbh Mela takes place only every 12 years. It is not only the ...

A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a ...