Stampede

Devotees wait to enter a railway station as they leave after attending the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, a day after a deadly stampede, in Prayagraj, India, January 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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Major stampedes in India over the years

A large crowd at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday evening. Photo: Hindustan Times
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At least 15 dead after stampede at New Delhi train station

A satellite image shows a crowd of people along banks of Yamuna river, following a stampede at the "Maha Kumbh Mela" or the Great Pitcher Festival in Prayagraj, India, 29 January 2025. Photo: Reuters
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Millions of Hindus take 'holy dip' a day after fatal stampede in India

A Hindu devotee holds his son as they leave after a deadly stampede before the second "Shahi Snan" (royal bath) at the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
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Bodies, clothes, bags lie on ground after stampede at mass Hindu gathering in India

Security personnel assist a person after a stampede before the second "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at the "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, January 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
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Dozens killed in India's Kumbh festival stampede

Police personnel try to control the crowd as hundreds of devotees jostle for tickets for Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam when a stampede broke out at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple on Tirumala Hills, in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Wednesday, Photo: PTI via Hindustan Times
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6 die in stampede at India’s Tirupati during distribution of tokens to offer prayers

Relatives mourn the death of stampede victims Kamlesh Jatav, 22, and her seven-month-old daughter in Daunkeli village, Hathras district, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, July 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
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India stampede: main organiser of religious event surrenders to police

Chedilal and Rajkumari relatives of a stampede victim Ruby, mourn next to her body, outside a hospital in Hathras district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, July 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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India stampede: Death toll rises to 121; FIR filed against congregation organisers

The incident took place in the Rati Bhanpur village within the Sikandra Rau area of Hathras district. Photo: Hindustan Times
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Hathras stampede: 121 killed at satsang; where is Bhole Baba?

Bhole Baba addressing a gathering. Photo: HT
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Hathras stampede: Bhole Baba an intelligence man to preacher with a cult following

Hindu pilgrims sit on railways tracks as they wait to board their trains at an overcrowded railway station in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2013. Photo: Reuters
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Major stampedes in India over the years

Bhole Baba aka Narayan Saakar Hari. Photo: Collected/NDTV
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Guru behind 'Satsang' where 116 died claimed he worked for Intelligence Bureau

The incident took place in the Rati Bhanpur village within the Sikandra Rau area of Hathras district. Photo: Hindustan Times
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Hathras stampede: Death toll rises to 116; CM Yogi Adityanath assures action