Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday.

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival (also known as Mahakumbh) in the northern ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn ... when we went for bathing," he told me after his dip. "It was very crowded and people were very indisciplined.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic or how many people had been hurt. Some local news websites said 10 ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

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The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

Millions of people were attempting to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh ... Image: People bathing in the Ganges on Wednesday. Pic: AP Image: The banks and a bridge over ...

At least 30 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest ...