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

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

At least 30 people were killed and 60 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Sangam area of the Maha Kumbh early Wednesday on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya.

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Over 5.51 million devotees gathered at Sangam for a sacred holy dip. Get the latest updates, photos from the world's largest religious gathering.

Bollywood choreographer and actor Remo D'Souza attended the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 and took a holy dip. Sunil Grover shared visuals of himself taking a sacred dip in the holy waters of Sangam. After taking a holy dip at the Sangam, Anupam Kher expressed that he is going back as a "happy and calm person.”

Nearly 40 people were killed in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday and several others injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela - a Hindu religious festival touted to be the largest human gathering in the world.

Many were feared dead after millions of Hindu pilgrims at a huge Hindu festival in India rushed to bathe in holy river waters.