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At least 36 Hindu pilgrims were killed during a stampede at a train station in India. The incident happened as millions of people gathered for a Hindu festival in which worshippers take a holy dip in the Ganges River. NBCNews.com's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - A stampede at a railway station in northern India killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the world's largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the sacred Ganges river. Full story
ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed in a stampede in the Indian city of Allahabad on Sunday as Hindus returned from a river dip at the world's largest religious festival. Full story
The Maha Kumbh Mela, has started in India. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are bathing in spot where according to Hindu scripture the waters of three rivers the Ganges, Yamuna and a mythical river meet. When people bath, the spiritual benefits are said to multiply. Around 100 million people are expected
Activists from right-wing Hindu organisation Hindu Rashtra Sena shout slogans against Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in front of his house in Mumbai May 15, 2013. Actor Sanjay Dutt is set to go to prison tomorrow after India's Supreme Court last week rejected a petition seeking a review of his earlier
This Saturday, May 4, 2013 photo shows homeless Hindus sleeping in a shrine cared for by Pakistani Hindu Omparkarh Narian, 55, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Minority Hindus in Pakistan have little hope that the May 11, 2013 general elections will help them. Hindus are part of the four percent of Pakistan
A Hindu devotee gets her tongue pierced with a trident as she takes part in an annual religious procession called Shitla Mata in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad April 29, 2013. Hindu devotees subject themselves to painful rituals during the religious procession to demonstrate their faith and as
A Hindu devotee with his back pierced pulls a car as he takes part in an annual religious procession called Shitla Mata in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad April 29, 2013. Hindu devotees subject themselves to painful rituals during the religious procession to demonstrate their faith and as a pen
