A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 ...

Branded with the tagline Divya Kumbh, Bhavya Kumbh, Surakshit Kumbh, the Kumbh was showcased as a model of security and cleanliness. Security and sanitation teams operated in multiple shifts around ...

The incident is believed to have happened at the Kumbh Mela festival when people who were sleeping by the riverbanks in Prayagraj were trampled by others who had taken a dip in the holy waters.

Prashant Panjiar’s Amongst the Believers opens with a couple of minimalist photos that give a sense of the vastness of the landscape that is the riverbed on which the Kumbh mela is held.