The 1954 Kumbh Mela, the first in independent India, attracted about 50 lakh pilgrims; 40 crore visitors are expected at Mahakumbh-2025 The Kumbh Mela has grown exponentially in several spheres ...
The Kumbh Mela has grown exponentially in several spheres and this quantum jump in its evolution is no different when it comes to the number trains run for pilgrims. For instance, the number of ...
The first Maha Kumbh Mela organised by Indian authorities after Independence was in January 1954. Despite prior planning ... control on traffic to avoid any stampede, as one crore people gathered ...
the 2003 Nashik Kumbh Mela stampede, in which 39 people died the 2010 Haridwar Kumbh Mela, in which seven people died the 2013 Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, in which 36 people died. Reports of crowd ...
Millions of people have taken to the waters at the confluence of India's sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers as part of the Kumbh Mela festival - humanity's largest gathering. Officials told the BBC ...