NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of hundreds of individuals at a large non secular gathering in India rushed to take a holy tub within the nation’s northern Prayagraj metropolis, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that injured dozens, native media reported.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of hundreds of individuals at a large non secular gathering in India rushed to take a holy tub within the nation’s northern Prayagraj metropolis, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that injured dozens, native media reported.
It was not instantly clear what triggered the panic on the Maha Kumbh pageant the place devotees had congregated from throughout India to wash on the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the legendary Saraswati rivers. Information company Press Belief of India cited authorities who stated injured had been despatched to a hospital.
The Maha Kumbh pageant, held each 12 years, began on Jan. 13 and has been touted by Indian authorities because the world’s largest non secular gathering. Authorities count on greater than 400 million folks to throng the pilgrimage web site in complete over the subsequent six weeks.
Stampedes are comparatively frequent round Indian non secular festivals, the place massive crowds collect in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few security measures.
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