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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.
Recap: Still no official death toll as nearly 40 dead in Kumbh Mela stampedes. ... People’s belongings like clothes, blankets and backpacks were strewn around the scene of the stampede.
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 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say.
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.
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]
The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, running from 13 January to 26 February, is expected to draw around 400 million pilgrims, making it one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.
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