The festival — site of a stampede on Wednesday — is held every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ... pilgrims who were in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage ...

Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges and the Yamuna. The faithful believe ... Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage last year.

That is about 200 times the number of Muslim pilgrims who participated in the annual Hajj in Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia ... confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. Hindus, who account ...

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Bodies, clothes and bags lay scattered on the ground after a deadly stampede at the world's largest gathering of humanity, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, on one of ...

Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers – the Ganga, the Yamuna and ... Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia drew 1.8 million ...

Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the banks of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical ... of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj ...