The Mahakumbh Mela, like other mass religious events, is structured around sacred temporality, where millions of pilgrims ...

Last July, more than 120 people died in Uttar Pradesh in another stampede during ... famous Hindu preacher. The Kumbh Mela has witnessed deadly stampedes before. In 1954, more than 400 people ...

Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav criticized the lack of transparency from the government following the deadly Mahakumbh ...

The Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking legal action against authorities and officials in Uttar Pradesh's ...

The 1954 Kumbh Mela Stampede and Its Lasting Impact However, the stampede at the 2025 Mahakumbh was perhaps not the only incident to be reported in the history of Kumbh Mela. Professor Yogeshwar ...

But many more were still arriving in the stampede’s aftermath to participate ... More than 400 people died after they were trampled or drowned at the Kumbh Mela on a single day of the festival in 1954 ...

For Rajasthan's Ranveer Singh, who arrived at Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on 19 January, the holy 'snan' at the Maha Kumbh Mela had been nothing short of a series of battles. It began with ...

In the small hours of Wednesday, tragedy struck the Maha Kumbh Mela in India’s Prayagraj. A stampede near the Sangam ... in 1840, 1906, 1954 and 1986, according to The New York Times.

But many more were still arriving in the stampede’s aftermath to participate ... More than 400 people died after they were trampled or drowned at the Kumbh Mela on a single day of the festival in 1954 ...

Previous Kumbh Mela festivals have also seen deadly crowd incidents. More than 400 people died after they were trampled or drowned on a single day of the festival in 1954, one of the largest tolls ...

Another 46 pilgrims were also injured in the stampede. 800 people also died in 1954 in Allahabad On Mauni Amavasya during the Kumbh Mela on February 3, 1954 also Prayagraj (then Allahabad ...