Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims who were traveling to the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj in northern India, ...

Crowds had swelled because trains carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been ...

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OITA (Kyodo) -- With an increasing number of Muslims living in Japan, there has been a growing demand for burial plots to conform with their religious beliefs in a country where cremation is the norm.

The four spots where the decks are proposed are above the Calcutta Boating Club and Hindu Burial Ground on the flank leading to Park Circus and above Biswa Banga Mela Prangan and ITC Royal on the ...

Hindu devotees believe taking a dip in the confluence of the rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela absolves them of sins and brings them salvation from the cycle of life and death.

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.

Krishna's briefing came nearly 18 hours after the stampede and was the first official death toll given by authorities ... single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar.

The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar ... Another 36 people were crushed to death in 2013, the last time the festival was staged in the northern ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

It claimed that the village was predominantly Adivasi and that its burial ground was designated for “deceased persons belonging to the Hindu Tribal Community”. The state maintained that the ...