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This is the sixth crowd crush during the Kumbh Mela in the past 70 years. [6] A second crush in the following hours [7] killed seven people including a three-year-old child. [8] The official death toll count has been disputed, with reports suggesting the actual number of fatalities being higher than the government’s figure.
1954 Kumbh Mela crowd collapses was a major crowd crush that occurred on 3 February 1954 at Kumbha Mela in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state in India.It was the main bathing day of Mauni Amavasya (), when the incident took place. 4–5 million pilgrims took part in the festival that year, which was also the first Kumbh Mela after India's Independence.
Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India. ... Recap: Still no official death toll as nearly 40 dead in Kumbh Mela stampedes.
Devotees walk past the belongings of people caught up in a crowd crush at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India on January 29, 2025. - Adnan Abidi/Reuters Number of people created ‘huge ...
At least 79 people died in last week’s stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in India, far exceeding the toll of 30 claimed by the provincial government, an investigation by a news outlet has found.
Kumbh Mela (Sanskrit: Kumbha Mēlā pronounced [kʊˈmbʱᵊ melaː]; lit. ' festival of the Sacred Pitcher ' [1]) is an important Hindu pilgrimage, celebrated approximately every 6, 12, and 144 years, correlated with the partial or full revolution of Jupiter and representing the largest human gathering in the world. [2] [3] [4]
A deadly stampede also occurred at the last Maha Kumbh Mela during the busiest day of bathing. A total of 36 Hindu pilgrims died in that incident in 2013, including 27 women and an eight-year-old ...
Other reasons for the high death toll included the lack of emergency exits and the excessive number of people present. [83] 36: 10 February 2013: 2013 Kumbh Mela stampede: India: Allahabad: During the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, a crowd crush at the train station injured 39 others. [84] 17: 14 July 2013: Unnamed: Indonesia: Nabire, Papua