A stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, killed at least 30 people and injured many more as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters. The incident occurred when pilgrims tried to jump barricades erected for a procession of holy men. Authorities are urging people to take baths at other riverbanks and have increased security measures.
Security officers carry a woman out from the site of a stampede at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.
The event's main draw is the thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive processions toward the confluence to bathe. Distressed families lined up outside a makeshift hospital, desperate for news of missing loved ones. Clothes, blankets and backpacks were strewn around the site of the stampede.
A sprawling tent city has been built on the riverbanks to accommodate the millions of visitors, with roads, electricity and water, 3,000 kitchens and 11 hospitals. "The government should make better arrangements to meet the needs of common devotees," Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi wrote on social platform X.
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