Minister urges caution for Chithirai festival after 2022 stampede, emphasizing crowd control, parking restrictions, and ...

Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the ... single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy ...

[AF] At least 18 people died during a stampede ... milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees have already visited the festival since it began ...

It was January, and I was headed 80 miles west to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, a Hindu religious festival in which ... that year there was a terrible stampede in which hundreds died.

The stampede comes just days before the start of the Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu festival of prayer and sacred bathing, which is anticipated to be the largest religious gathering in history.

Thousands of Hindu devotees yesterday performed ... was also organised on the bank of the river. In 2015, a stampede during the bathing festival resulted in the deaths of ten people.

The stampede happened when pilgrims ... whose ruling party boasts of promoting Hindu cultural symbols. The Maha Kumbh festival has had stampedes in the past. In 2013, at least 40 pilgrims who ...

Even the horrible stampede at New Delhi Railway Station ... now really felt like an intellectual jam of Hindu thought and philosophy. It actually reminded me of literature festivals. At lit fests, ...

Masik Shivratri strengthens faith and deepens the connection with the divine, fostering inner strength and spiritual growth. Devotees fast and offer prayers to seek Lord Shiva's blessings ...

This year’s event will celebrate two Hindu festivals, Holi and Makar Sankranti, at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds, 3001 Carmel Road in Millville. Yogesh Thakur, the nonprofit’s president ...

Rama Navami is a Hindu festival which celebrates the birth of Lord Ram -- one of the most popularly revered deities in Hinduism. Lord Ram is also known as the seventh 'avatar' of Vishnu.