Mechanical elephants are being utilised in Kerala temples to replace real ones, promoting a cruelty-free alternative ...

At the age of 11, Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gonda to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge into ...

The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of ...

India's Kumbh Mela festival wraps up Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration ...

However, within the next few minutes, news wires announced that there was a “stampede-like situation” at the New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS). This was contradicted by the Chief Public ...

At least 18 people were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi, the Press Trust of India news agency reported Sunday. Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims ...

Church leaders have mourned the death of Hindu pilgrims in the latest stampede at the overcrowded New Delhi Railway Station in India's capital. The deadly crush on Feb. 15 night reportedly killed 18 ...

Distressed by the stampede at New Delhi Railway Station ... The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees ...

Thousands of devotees flocking to a bathing festival caused a stampede that killed at least 20 people at a railway station in New Delhi on Saturday evening. Officials said 14 women and four children ...

Broadcaster NDTV reported three more dead from the stampede, quoting an official of ... Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around ...

Delhi stampede: ‘Iron rod pierced my daughter ... one of the most sacred bathing days in Hindu tradition. India has witnessed several mass-casualty stampedes, particularly during religious ...

The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has a history of crowd-related disasters -- including one last month, when at least 30 ...