Millions start bathing in holy rivers at India's biggest Hindu festival
Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday.
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Dozens killed in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival
Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...
At Least 30 Dead and Many More Hurt in Stampede at Huge Hindu Festival in India
People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...
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India voices alarm over China’s plans to build world’s largest dam in Tibet
The Yarlung Tsangpo — the world’s highest major waterway — is Tibet’s longest river, and is called Brahmaputra in India before it turns into the Jamuna in Bangladesh. The 60-gigawatt dam ...
The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Hindu women devotees pray after taking bath at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...
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Millions start bathing in holy rivers at India's biggest Hindu festival
The mela is organised in all the four cities, but the biggest festivals ... Sangam in Prayagraj is the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with Yamuna and the mythical invisible ...