Hindu festival is world’s largest congregation of humanity with nearly 200 million people attending
Maha Kumbh Mela: tens of millions gathered to take a holy dip on the most auspicious day of the six-week Hindu festival. Photograph Niharika KULKARNI / AFPMore than seven people were killed and about 10 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northernon Wednesday, an official, as tens of millions gathered to take a holy dip on the most auspicious day of the six-week Hindu festival.
A witness saw several dead bodies as he followed dozens of ambulances rushing towards the river bank where the incident occurred.Trump’s Panama Canal seizure threat revives memories of 1989 US invasion“More than seven people have been killed in the stampede and around 10 others injured,” said an official who did not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
“We had barricades in front of us and police with batons on the other side. The push from behind was very powerful... people started falling,” said Vijay Kumar, who came for the festival from the eastern city of Patna.A woman who was part of the crowd but did not give her name also told news agency ANI that she and her mother were among those who fell. “People kept stepping on us. I am safe but my mother has died,” she said.
“All of you should follow the instructions of the administration and co-operate in making arrangements,” he said on messaging platform X as the devout continued to take holy dips in other parts of the sprawling temporary city. Attendees range from minister for defence Rajnath Singh and minister for home affairs Amit Shah to Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and celebrities likeAuthorities had expected a record 100 million people to throng the temporary township in Prayagraj on Wednesday for the holy dip, considered the most popular day due to a rare alignment of celestial bodies after 144 years.
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