Dozens are feared to have died in multiple stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, as millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath at the confluence of three sacred rivers.The crowd crush began at around 4am this morning at Prayagraj,

Several casualties were feared after a “stampede-like situation” broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at the Maha Kumbh pilgrimage site in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, PTI reported. The situation arose as a large number of pilgrims arrived to take a holy bath on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya.

More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday.

A horror stampede at India's Maha Kumbh Festival has seen 15 people killed as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath

Several people are feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj on Wednesday as scores of people turned up for a holy dip in the Ganga on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya.

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth.