Despite a stampede that killed at least 30 people, millions of Hindu devotees continue to participate in the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India. The festival, the largest religious gathering in the world, attracts tens of millions of pilgrims every 12 years.
PRAYAGRAJ, India — Swarming throngs of devotees bathed in rivers at the world's biggest religious gathering in India on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede a day earlier that killed at least 30 people.The Maha Kumbh festival attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful from across India every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, but has a woeful record of deadly crowd incidents.
'We were tired after such a long journey but as soon as we took a dip in the river, we just felt so fresh and happy. It was as if all that inconvenience was really worth it,' she said.Mythological battleThe Maha Kumbh is rooted in a mythological Hindu battle between deities and demons for control of a pitcher containing the nectar of immortality.
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