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Welcome to the Kambha Festival Festival in India in direct coverage of the deadly crowd in the direct coverage of Hello and Guardian.
Local officials say at least 38 people and more than 100 people are expected to be crushed in early Wednesday, local officials have said, when people in a river as part of a Hindu ritual. They used to bathe
At around 4am on Wednesday, people were crushed when people were moving in three separate areas at the junction of rivers in the pre -thunderstorm city, the most exciting place to bathe.
The scale of the tragedy is still not clear, but we will bring the latest news to you as we have.
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Scenes of frustration when people look for loved ones
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The missing persons had scenes of frustration in the tent where relatives of the missing persons gathered in the crowd.
Manoj Kumar Paswan, 45, from Uttar Pradesh, said:
My 65 -year -old Aunty Chinara is missing. We were close to the confluence of the rivers and wanted to bathe. But before we could enter the water, there was an uproar and people started to fall on each other.
We were three people, my mother and my grandmother. There was a sudden push that was so forceful that I could only catch one person but I lost my grandmother’s hand. I somehow managed to catch my mother and we dragged ourselves.
I went back to search for my aunt, but I couldn’t see it anywhere. It was a very traumatic and horrible experience, people around them were crying and crying. There were more than a dozen people on the floor, including children, and people were just being trapped on them. I am very scared for it.
Saroj Bhagi, 60, from Madhya Pradesh, said:
I have lost my eight -year -old grandson son Chahat Bhaghari. We arrived last night and went to take a bath in the river late at night. After that we were sitting near the river. Suddenly people started pushing and falling on us and began to trap us.
I got up and I was holding his hands but then I was pushed and when I was crushed, he entered me. When I got up, I could not see it and people were running away and screaming. When I woke up, he was gone. There were people lying on the floor.
He is just a little boy, I hope nothing bad has happened to him.
Hindu Religious Leader Jagatguro Rambhard Radharya According to the Times of India, the devotees have been appealed to take their dips on a nearby pier (steps) on the Ganges river and not try to bathe in the junction of the rivers.
The confluence is the place where it is said to be crushed early this morning. He said:
I appeal to all these devotees that since a large crowd has gathered in the program today, they should not insist on taking only a sacred dip in the confluence of the Ghat. So far, they should not leave their camps and seek their security.
We had earlier reported that the sects of warriors who came to participate in bathrooms, finally canceled their planned dips this morning.
Some more pictures from the scene:
What is the Kambha Festival?
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The Kambha Mela pilgrimage occurs every 12 years and is widely seen as a “festival of festivals” in Hindu religious piety in India, which was attended by a dynamic compound. Simple Or holy men, sensations, pilgrims and tourists.
This year’s celebration is particularly important because the Maha or Grand Kambha festival is only in places every 144 years, with the 12th Kambha Fair and a special heavenly alignment of the sun, moon and Jupiter.
It is expected that more than 400 million people, the largest crowd of this year, will attend this year’s festivals, which will be held for more than 45 days in the pro -thunderstorm in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Priagraj is considered sacred especially for Hindus because it is home Treynie confluenceThe sacred confluence of the Ganges, Yamona and Puranic Saraswati rivers. During the gathering, there are many Royal San, On the day of the Holy Prophet, when the devotees drown themselves in the water, it will purify the soul.
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Wednesday is the time when Sadhos (the holy people), all of them 13 sects, take their sacred bath in the Ganges.
The time of the Holy Ghusl is 4am and it is around the time when the crowd is thought to be crushed. It seems that three separate crushes occurred, as people were moving, in groups of people who were sitting on the banks of the river or lying on the ground.
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At the scene, a paramilitary officer said: “There were several stamps. At least 200 were injured and I would say about 50 dead. I saw them with my own eyes.”
The government is still not giving government figures.
A doctor has told News Agency AFP that at least 15 people are still known for its crushing crushing.
“At least 15 people have died now. The other is being treated,” Pragad City doctor spoke on condition of anonymity because he had no authority to talk to the media.
Other local officials have said that the number of casualties is even higher. When we are with them, we will bring more updates to you.
Hannah Ellis Patterson
Now there is a very heavy police and paramilitary presence, but the crowd here is still very thick.
There are shoes and clothes on the floor at the scene where the crowd was crushed.
The sacred sects of Sadhos (holy people), Akhars, have formally canceled their bath today, which was about to begin at 4am:
#Watch | #Mo | Prajj, Uttar Pradesh: “Some ‘devotes’ of Panchayat Maharanwani went ahead. It seems that the situation is not appropriate due to a large crowd. pic.twitter.com/0vnzvw0tyd
– ANI (ANI) January 29, 2025
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The government was announcing on Tuesday night that people were asked to enter the water, drown twice and leave the site immediately, and declared it a sin of a third dip because they were so quick to the site. Wanted to remove
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Despite spreading the word crushing, large crowds are still moving towards the river to sink.
January 29 is one of the most passionate days of the Kambha festival. This is the day when most people will come to the holy bath.
It was expected that hundreds of millions were expected to arrive, but it seems that the government has more than expected. In the last 24 hours, people are arriving in non -stop.
Pictures are also starting to emerge from the scene, in which ambulances and injured pilgrims have been taken by rescue workers.
Times of India reports that ambulances arrive at the scene PraigagrajThe Holy House of the Ganges, Yamona and Puranic Saraswati rivers.
“Some people were injured and they were admitted to the hospital after the interruption was broken [confluence]. We still have no right count of the injured, “an official was told about the paper.
“We came between 60 people in two buses, we were nine people in the group. Suddenly there was pushing in the crowd, and we got stuck. A woman told PTI videos from outside the hospital where the injured were Was taken
“There was no chance to escape, was pushing all around.
Opening summary
Welcome to the Kambha Festival Festival in India in direct coverage of the deadly crowd in the direct coverage of Hello and Guardian.
Local officials say at least 38 people and more than 100 people are expected to be crushed in early Wednesday, local officials have said, when people in a river as part of a Hindu ritual. They used to bathe
At around 4am on Wednesday, people were crushed when people were moving in three separate areas at the junction of rivers in the pre -thunderstorm city, the most exciting place to bathe.
The scale of the tragedy is still not clear, but we will bring the latest news to you as we have.
