A look at gigantic pitcher festival

India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
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.
The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
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
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India's Kumbh Mela, world's largest religious gathering
A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that 400 million pilgrims are expected to visit over its six-week duration.
Casualties feared after barrier breaks at India's Maha Kumbh festival
By Adnan Abidi and Saurabh Sharma PRAYAGRAJ (Reuters) -Several people were feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival in north India's Uttar Pradesh State on Wednesday,
At least 15 dead in stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival
A stampede on Wednesday (Jan 29) at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people, with many more injured, a doctor at the Maha Kumbh festival told
Factbox-How Is India Managing Its Maha Kumbh Festival, the World's Largest Gathering?
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is set to be the world's largest gathering of humanity, with 400 million visitors expected at the six-week event that began this week in the northern city of Prayagraj.
More than seven killed in stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival
More than seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival in north India's Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday, said an official, as tens of millions gathered to take a holy dip.
Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
Touted as an event for spiritual purificationin Hinduism, Kumbh Mela takes place approximately every 12 years at four locations -.Kumbh Mela, Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, Haridwar Kumbh Mela,
Dozens feared dead after stampede at Hindu festival in India
Footage showed millions of devotees arriving in the predawn dark for a holy dip to mark the most auspicious day of the Kumbh Mela festival Several people were feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival in north India's Uttar Pradesh State on Wednesday,
Fire at India's Maha Kumbh Mela festival contained, no one injured
A large fire broke out at a Hindu religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, but the blaze was quickly brought under control and no injuries were reported,
Major stampedes in India over the years
MUMBAI - Several people were feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival in northern ...
Dreadlocked Indian Ascetics Among 35 Million Who Take Holy Dip in Maha Kumbh Festival
The Kumbh originates in a Hindu belief that four drops of the nectar of immortality fell to earth, one in Prayagraj, during a battle between the god Vishnu, known as the Preserver, and demons to ...
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World's largest religious gathering begins in India, hundreds of millions of Hindus expected to attend
The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at least 400 million people to visit Prayagraj over the next 45 days.