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,

Authorities worked in close coordination with police forces from these districts to regulate the movement of devotees, particularly around the heavily congested tent city and parking areas within 5 kilometers of the mela zone.

A doctor at a government hospital in India's northern Prayagraj city said at least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival

A stampede broke out at the ongoing mega Hindu religious gathering of Mahakumbh in India’s Prayagraj during the early hours of Wednesday, reportedly killing dozens, as tens of millions of devotees descended on the holy city to bathe on Mauni Amavasya- the most sacred bathing day of the festival.

Description: A stampede broke out during the 'Amrit Snan' on Mauni Amavasya at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, leaving multiple people dead. By the morning of January 29, at least 10 were confirmed dead.