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India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, by the numbers

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious congregation

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

Crowd Chaos And Confusion At Site Of India Festival Stampede

Journeying across India for the pinnacle celebration of the Hindu calendar, Laxmi and her family were sleeping by the roadside Wednesday as they waited to cleanse themselves in the sacred Ganges river.

International Business Times

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Maha Kumbh: At least 15 feared dead in stampede during huge Hindu festival in India

Crush happened as pilgrims tried to jump over police barricades to reach Sangam Nose, the point where India's Ganges river meets Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

At least 30 killed in crush at India’s Mahakumbh Mela religious festival

The crowd crush occurred at the world’s largest religious event for Hindus, attended by hundreds of millions of people.

Al Jazeera

Kumbh Mela stampede: A look back at deadly crowd disasters in India

Several people are feared dead and many more injured at the massive Kumbh Mela festival in India

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Mauni Amavasya 2025: Date, timing, rituals, significance and why it is very special this year

Mauni Amavasya, also known as Maghi Amavasya, is a very significant day in the Hindu calendar. It is observed on the new moon day of the Magha month, which falls either in January or February. The word "Mauni" comes from "Mouna," which means silence, and "Amavasya" means new moon. "Together,…

The Times of India

Multiple Feared Dead In Crowd Crush At Indian Religious Festival

Tragedy strikes at the Maha Kumbh Mela in India as a crowd crush leads to multiple feared deaths during the Hindu festival. Efforts to enhance safety measu...

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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

The Independent UK

15 Dead In India After Stampede At Hindu Mega-festival

A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj told AFP Wednesday.

International Business Times

India hopes Mahakumbh will bring in investors, but economists are sceptical

Uttar Pradesh state has pumped in millions for the 45-day festival, which is largest gathering of Hindus every 12 years.

Al Jazeera

‘Anti-India sentiment, insulting Hindu deities’: Delhi court orders FIR against Rana Ayyub for X posts

A court in Delhi’s Saket has ordered the registration of an FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub for “insulting Hindu deities” and spreading “anti-India sentiment” through posts on X.

Newslaundry

Misogyny identified as breeding ground for extremism in UK, says leaked report

The ‘manosphere’ and Hindu nationalism were also identified by report commissioned after last summer’s riots

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Mahakumbh: A movement to establish Sanatana Board will be initiated", Actor Suniel Shetty

Indian cine actor Suniel Shetty on Monday appealed to Hindus to attend the Dharma Sansad, organised by spiritual leader and Bhagwat Katha orator Devkinandan Thakurji Maharaj, in the ongoing Mahakumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Jailed journalist Mahesh Langa booked for extortion in fresh case

Mahesh Langa, The Hindu journalist who is in jail in connection with cases of alleged fraud, has been booked by the Gujarat police in a fresh matter for purportedly extorting Rs 40 lakh from a real estate agent, news agency PTI reported on Friday.

The Independent UK

Paintings of Hindu gods by ‘Picasso of India’ seized for being ‘offensive’

Gallery which exhibited legendary artist MF Husain’s works hits out at ‘unfounded allegations’

Dynamite News

Bangladesh: Bail hearing of Hindu priest Chinmoy Brahmmachari likely to be held next week

Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmmachari, the spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatani Jagran Jote, has applied for bail in the High Court in the sedition case on the charge of insulting the national flag of Bangladesh, a lawyer said on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Chief of top Indian university sparks backlash for promoting ‘medicinal value’ of cow urine

In a video that has now gone viral, Kamakoti can be heard narrating a story about an Indian ascetic who apparently cured himself of high fever by consuming cow urine

International Business Times

India Uses AI To Stop Stampedes At World's Biggest Gathering

Keen to improve India's abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world's largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes.

The Guardian - UK

Quarterlife by Devika Rege review – an intimate epic set in Modi’s India

An astute debut novel follows the personal and political upheaval of three friends in a thinly fictionalised contemporary Mumbai

The Independent UK

Fire tears through tents at India's mega Hindu festival but causes no injuries

A fire has torn through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city

International Business Times

India's Outcast Toilet Cleaners Keeping Hindu Festival Going

Millions of pilgrims hoping to cleanse their sins by ritual baths at India's Kumbh Mela festival rely on key lavatory workers to clear up behind them -- those born on the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system.

The Guardian - UK

Quarterlife by Devika Rege review – an ambitious debut of the new India

This acutely portrayed reckoning with contemporary Indian sociopolitics traces the faultlines of caste, class and religion

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival

It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the night. Under the large fig trees, between two paved streets, a group of people is unpacking their bedding of brightly printed blankets. Using their bags as pillows…

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