{"id":226524,"date":"2025-01-29T02:10:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T02:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/stampede-at-indias-maha-kumbh-mela-hindu-festival-leaves-pilgrims-hurt\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T02:10:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T02:10:31","slug":"stampede-at-indias-maha-kumbh-mela-hindu-festival-leaves-pilgrims-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/stampede-at-indias-maha-kumbh-mela-hindu-festival-leaves-pilgrims-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampede at India\u2019s Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival Leaves Pilgrims Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People were hurt and deaths were feared after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela<\/a>, a huge festival in the Indian city of Prayagraj, rushed to bathe in holy river waters on what is considered one of the most auspicious dates in the Hindu calendar.<\/p>\n

As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, which Hindus consider sacred, some people who were sleeping on the ground were trampled and a barrier broke, government officials said.<\/p>\n

The Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj occurs every 12 years. Hindus believe that bathing at the spot where the two holy rivers meet, along with a third mythical river called Sarasvati, will purge them of all sins and help them attain salvation. Because of certain favorable celestial alignments, millions more were expected this year at the event, named the \u201cMaha\u201d or Great Kumbh.<\/p>\n

The government of the state of Uttar Pradesh, where Prayagraj is, has estimated that around 400 million people will attend the six-week festival from all corners of India. To house them all, the government built a temporary city on the banks of the Ganges, with tents, toilets, streets, pontoon bridges and waste management facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n