Train and bus stations saw a surge in crowds as people continued to arrive for the festival, although some devotees remained nervous after the deadly crush.

Celebrities including Hema Malini, Milind Soman, and The Great Khali attended the Mahakumbh festival this week — with the former WWE champion causing a selfie frenzy among fans and security personnel while taking a holy dip at Triveni Sangam.

Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died in a stampede on the most auspicious day of the six-week event.

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For me, Maha Kumbh 2025 was a blessed and blissful experience. I took the holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday, and here's how it felt. I visited the spot a day after the stampede cost lives of people,

Live: A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court, alleging “lapses, negligence, and utter failure of administration” on part of the Uttar Pradesh government over the stampede at the Maha Kumbh on Wednesday.

At least 15 people were feared dead and more than 30 suffered injuries after a stampede broke out at Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Wednesday morning, ahead of the Mauni Amavasya Snan. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged devotees to take holy dip at the nearest ghat of river Ganga and asked them not to go towards Sangam.