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 ...
Over 1.25 crore devotees have taken a holy dip at Sangam during the ongoing Maha Kumbh, with numbers expected to rise as the ...
"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 ...
The Kumbh Mela is one of the world's biggest religious gatherings that has unfortunately witnessed several tragic stampedes over the years. Latest News Kumbh Mela Stampede Tragedies A Look Back from ...
A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh ... challenge at the Kumbh Mela festivals. In 2013, a stampede at a railway station left 42 ...
The Catholic bishops of India on January 30 offered prayers and Mass for the victims of a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj (formerly ... after a foot bridge collapsed at the Allahabad Railway ...