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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI - The death toll in a stampede at the main railway station ... of the victims were pilgrims who were going to attend the Hindu Maha Kumbh festival. She earlier told reporters that ...

one of the most auspicious days of the Hindu calendar. Some of the largest casualties caused by stampedes over the recent years include the deadly stampede that occurred last year on July 2 during ...

At least 30 killed in stampede at massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the Hindu 'festival of festivals' that draws millions to northern India? "My thoughts are ...