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Nearly 40 bodies brought to morgue after stampede at India's Kumbh, police sources say

Nearly 40 bodies brought to morgue after stampede at India's Kumbh, police sources say

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Drone video from India’s northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday (January 29) showed thousands of Hindu devotees at the Triveni Sangam river confluence to mark Mauni Amawasya, the most auspicious day of the Kumbh Mela - the world's largest single gathering of humanity.

The six-week Kumbh Mela is held every three years in four cities on the banks of sacred rivers across India.

The event held every 12 years in this cycle is prefixed with the term 'maha', or great, as its timing is considered more auspicious, attracting the largest number of worshippers.

Large crowds of people climbed over barricades and fences as they tried to escape a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela on January 29, at about 200 meters (656 feet) from the scene.

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Officials originally said more than seven people were killed and around 10 injured, as tens of millions gathered to take a holy dip. Later three police sources say nearly 40 bodies had been brought to morgue after the stampede.

"More bodies are coming in. We have nearly 40 bodies here," one of the sources said.

Distraught relatives queued up to identify those killed by the stampede, which occurred when crowds surged towards the confluence of three rivers, where immersion is considered particularly sacred.

The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, where the Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival is taking place, said the situation was “under control” and urged people to not believe "negative rumors".

(Production: Ben Dangerfield)

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