Half-billion people attend Hindu festival in India
Even for the world’s most-populous nation, the scale of a Hindu religious festival being held in India’s northern city of ...
Ten Hindu pilgrims killed in highway crash on way to Maha Kumbh festival
At least 10 people were killed after a car carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Maha Kumbh festival collided with a bus in the ...
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Dozens of people have been injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival, local media report
Dozens of people have been injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival, local media report NEW DELHI -- Dozens of people have been injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu ...
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Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
these strokes represent divine connections in Hinduism, with each type having its own symbolic association with a deity. The festival, where a stampede killed 30 people Wednesday, has historically ...
Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say
A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the northern city of Prayagraj.
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"It hurts the faith of crores of people": BJP's KK Sharma on Mamata Banerjee's 'Mrityu Kumbh' remarks
BJP leader KK Sharma on Tuesday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 'Mrityu Kumbh' remark, saying that it ...
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Maha Kumbh Mela: At least 30 dead in multiple stampedes at huge Hindu gathering
“I saw many people falling and getting walked on by ... believing that bathing at the confluence of Hinduism’s three holiest rivers – the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati ...