Train and bus stations saw a surge in crowds as people continued to arrive for the festival, although some devotees remained nervous after the deadly crush.

Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died in a stampede on the most auspicious day of the six-week event.

For me, Maha Kumbh 2025 was a blessed and blissful experience. I took the holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday, and here's how it felt. I visited the spot a day after the stampede cost lives of people,

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Till 10 am, 3.61 crore faithful bathed in Triveni Sangam; the number rose to 4.24 crore by 12 noon, 5.04 crore by 2pm and 7.64 crore by evening, as per official records

Several devotees are feared dead and many others injured after a stampede broke out at Sangam in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Wednesday morning. Thousands had turned up for a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of ‘Mauni Amavasya’ during the on going Mahakumbh in the wee hours of January 29 when the stampede broke out.