The Sangam Mela area will have designated entry and exit routes for vehicles and pedestrians during major bathing festivals. Specific parking arrangements have been made for vehicles from various ...

Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have ...

He is desperate to get to Prayagraj, the site of the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious ... him and his friends to help pilgrims reach railway stations and bus stands.

"In Allahabad, we don’t see the Maha Kumbh pilgrims as outsiders, we are hosts and they are our guests." She shared how her neighbourhood in Chowk, close to the railway station, banded together ...

In the wake of the Maha Kumbh stampede tragedy in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, the state government introduced strict decongestion measures, such as sealing district borders, to prevent overcrowding. As ...

Professor Yogeshwar Tiwari, head department of Medieval and Modern History at the University of Allahabad, said Tuesday’s incident was the grim reminder of an even greater tragedy that struck the ...

(CNN) — Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India ... injured in a crowd crush at a railway station in Allahabad as pilgrims gathered for that ...

The sacred gathering at the Sangam for Maha Kumbh took a ... On February 10, 2013, a stampede broke out at Allahabad railway station during the Kumbh Mela after a footbridge collapsed, causing mass ...

The world's largest religious gathering ... Station, posted photos to social media platform X, with the caption: "the largest human gathering in the world is well lit." 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela ...