{"id":44032,"date":"2025-01-29T04:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T04:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=44032"},"modified":"2025-01-29T04:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T04:28:01","slug":"stampede-1-km-from-sangam-at-maha-kumbh-what-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=44032","title":{"rendered":"Stampede 1 km From Sangam At Maha Kumbh: What We Know So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Many deaths are feared and over 30 pilgrims were injured when a stampede-like situation<\/a> unfolded at the Maha Kumbh<\/a> on the morning of Mauni Amavasya, considered the most significant day of the six-week festival.<\/li>\n
  2. As crores of devotees streamed into the tent city of Uttar Pradesh, barricades about a kilometre away from the Sangam<\/a> — the point where the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers meet — broke around 1 am, leading some women to faint.<\/li>\n
  3. “Suddenly there was pushing in the crowd, and we got trapped. A lot of us fell down and the crowd went uncontrolled,” a devotee told reporters while narrating her harrowing experience.<\/li>\n
  4. A woman, whose child suffered injuries in the chaos, claimed “There was nowhere to go”.<\/li>\n
  5. The incident led to the Akharas calling off their traditional ‘Amrit Snan’ or holy dip for Mauni Amavasya.<\/li>\n
  6. Millions of pilgrims, however, continued to take a dip at Sangam and other ghats in the Mela area.<\/li>\n
  7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> dialled Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to review the situation and called for immediate support measures.<\/li>\n
  8. Dubbed the world’s largest spiritual gathering, the Maha Kumbh<\/a>\u00a0is being held after 12 years and kicked off in Prayagraj on January 13. It will continue till February 26.<\/li>\n
  9. The Sangam is considered the holiest by Hindus, with a belief that taking a dip in it during Maha Kumbh and particularly on special bathing dates like Mauni Amavasya<\/a> washes away people’s sins and provides them ‘moksha’ or salvation.<\/li>\n
  10. More than 20 crore pilgrims have so far taken a dip and officials expect a total footfall of around 40 crore devotees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u200bMany deaths are feared after a stampede-like situation broke out near Sangam amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj this morning. More than 30 devotees, mostly women, who turned up for a holy bath on Mauni Amavasya, were also injured.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Many deaths are feared and over 30 pilgrims were injured when a stampede-like situation unfolded at the Maha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":44033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7.jpeg",1200,738,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7-300x185.jpeg",300,185,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7-768x472.jpeg",640,393,true],"large":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7-1024x630.jpeg",640,394,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7.jpeg",1200,738,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7.jpeg",1200,738,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7-825x575.jpeg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/oe23hlt_kumbh-mela_625x300_29_January_25-bueAw7-590x410.jpeg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?author=0"},"category_info":"Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}