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42 days ago
Hindu holy men and devotees take a dip in Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers to celebrate India’s Magh Mela festival.
10 months ago
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane review – streams of consciousness ○
An impassioned plea to save our rivers combines poetry and adventure
Tracking a river through a cedar forest in Ecuador, Robert Macfarlane comes to a 30ft-high waterfall and, below it, a wide pool. It…
11 months ago
The pop-up megacity: how the Kumbh Mela prepared for 660m Hindu devotees ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Hundreds of millions of pilgrims flocked to the Ganges for this year’s festival, housed in a sprawling temporary metropolis stretching across 4,000 hectares of the floodplains of Prayagraj in Uttar P…
12 months ago
At least 18 people die in crowd crush at Delhi railway station ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Rush broke out as travellers scrambled to board trains in India’s capital to go to world’s largest religious gathering
At least 18 people have died in a crush at a railway station in India’s capital w…
How joy turned to horror as Kumbh Mela festival crowd crush unfolded ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
This year’s event, heavily promoted by India’s ruling party, continues despite deaths of at least 30 people
As the sun set on the sangam, the sacred meeting point of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers on Tu…
Dozens killed in crowd crushes at Kumbh Mela in India ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Witnesses describe people being trampled amid surging crowds on the banks of the Ganges during Hindu festival
At least 30 people have been killed and scores injured in crowd crushes at the Kumbh Mela …
Dozens feared dead in crowd crushes at Kumbh Mela religious festival in India ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Witnesses describe surging crowds that trampled people on the banks of the Ganges as they arrived to bathe on one of the most auspicious days of the Hindu festival
- India crowd crushes – latest updates
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