Up to date: 29/01/2025 – 16:33 GMT+1
A stampede killed at the very least folks as tens of millions of Hindus rushed to take their holy tub within the waters of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.
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The world’s greatest non secular competition was marked by a lethal stampede that left dozens lifeless and injured.
The authorities mentioned the accident occurred on Wednesday morning native time, close to a barricaded space the place non secular folks have been resulting from bathe on the level the place the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet.
The rationale for the group transferring collectively isn’t but identified.
The Kumbh Melah competition, which is the biggest non secular gathering on the planet, is held each 12 years and this yr it started on 13 January.
They anticipate greater than 400 million folks to go there over the subsequent six weeks.
To suit all these folks in, the authorities have constructed an enormous tent metropolis on the banks of the sacred river.