On Saturday, there was a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station that claimed the lives of 18 people. The tragedy occurred at 10 p.m., as lakhs of devotees were heading to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh 2025 festival, causing significant overcrowding at the station.
Speaking to ANI, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said, "The state government has made such good arrangements for such a large-scale event. The administration and police have worked really hard, and this is an unprecedented event. Thousands of devotees are even travelling by road. We pray for
The tragedy occurred at 10 p.m. on Saturday as lakhs of devotees were heading to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh 2025 festival, causing significant overcrowding at the station.
Devotees in large numbers are arriving in Varanasi for darshan at the Kashi Vishwanath temple after taking a holy dip during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Sunday.
One of the devotees who came for darshan said, "We have come here to Ayodhya from Prayagraj. There is a lot of crowd, but there is no problem with darshan. Ramlala is being seen easily, and the arrangement of administration and police is good."
One dead and several injured after a bus carrying devotees from Nepal overturns near Miranpur Sakka village in Ghazipur on Saturday. The bus was on it's way to Prayagraj to attend Maha Kumbh.
The yatra, which runs from February 15 to February 26, culminates on Maha Shivratri, when devotees, known as Kanwariyas, travel to fetch holy Ganga water from Har Ki Pauri. The water is then taken back to their local Lord Shiva temples, where it is used for anointing Lord Shiva during the
He said that over 51 crore devotees had taken a dip in the Triveni Sangam (confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati), which indicates that there was no discrimination on the basis of caste and region. People visiting Mahakumbh reflect the idea of 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of underreporting the number of devotees attending the ongoing Mahakumbh in Prayagraj.
Taking to social media X, the President wrote, "The news of the death of many people in a road accident on Mirzapur Highway in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh is unfortunate. I express my condolences to the families of the deceased. I wish for the speedy recovery of all those injured."
Managing the traffic in Prayagraj during the ongoing Maha Kumbh is one of the main challenges of Uttar Pradesh Police. But the police officials said that they can manage it well with the cooperation of the devotees and using drones for monitoring it.