Many people who were injured were killed after crushing a fatal crowd in the largest religious gathering in the world in MahakumbH Mela in Prayagraj in northern India.

Yuji Adyanith, Prime Minister of Uttar Pradesh, said the country where Prayagraj is located on Wednesday morning that the crushing occurred after the pilgrims rushed to participate in the rituals of the early morning, jumped over the barricades that aim to control the crowds during this event.

Near the river, pilgrims, Renault Devi, 48, told Agence France -Presse that they were sitting near a barrier during the accident, and “the entire crowd fell over me, and they made me while moving forward.”

“When the crowd rose, the elderly and women were crushed, and no one has helped,” Davi added.

According to Edithianth, by 8 am local time on Wednesday, about 30 million people had decreased.

This is all that we know about crushing the crowd:

What happened?

Reuters news agency witnessed that there is a big boost near the three rivers that are holy, causing worshipers to fall on each other at 1 am (19:30 GMT).

“There were people who were lying everywhere, I don’t know whether they are dead or alive,” he told the festival, Reuters after the accident.

A woman who did not reveal her name, which was part of the crowd, told the Indian News Agency, Ani, that people “continued to move” to her and her mother when they fell into crushing.

“I am safe, but my mother died,” she said.

So far, the authorities have not confirmed yet the death toll, but the local media reported that at least 10 people were killed.

What is the holy party?

Kumbh Mela, which is translated as the “Bible Festival”, is the largest religious festival in the world.

According to local officials, up to 400 million people are expected to participate in the six -week event.

The festival, the convergence of spirituality and astrology, is celebrated in a 12 -year course in four sacred sites. There are six days of auspicious during the six weeks, but the four most important ones are January 14, January 29, February 3, and February 26.

Lovers believe that taking a prayer in prayer, where three holy rivers are considered in Hinduism – the Gange River, the Yamouna, and the legendary sarcati, will like them from sins and liberate them from the life cycle and death.

By rotating, the ceremony is held every four years in the cities of Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and NASIK. For the current event, Prayagraj built a tent city with electricity and water, 3000 kitchen and 11 hospitals to accommodate visitors.

The police also installed hundreds of cameras on the festival and road site, which aim to alert employees if the crowds become so great that they are a threat to safety.

Have major public figures conducted the bathtub?

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Interior Minister Amit Shah has taken declines in the Gang River in recent days. The Indian billionaire and founder of the Adani Gutam Adani also attended.

According to the local media, the lead singer, Chris Martin, and his girlfriend, visits actress Dakota Johnson, Compe Milla.

What was the response to the stampede?

On Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on X that the accident was “very sad”.

“My deepest condolences for the reformers who lost their loved ones in this. Along with this, I hope for a quick recovery for all the injured.” The local administration wrote participates in helping the victims in every possible way. “

Local officials said that the paramilitary forces had been deployed to control the situation, and the rescue efforts were underway.

While opposition leader Rahul Gandhi expressed his condolences to those who lost their loved ones during this stampede, he blamed what he called “VIP Culture” during the ritual of the accident.

Gandhi wrote on X. “Bad management, mismanagement, and a special focus on VIP instead of joint worshipers responsible for this tragic accident.”

He added: “The VIP culture must be curbed and the government must take better arrangements to meet the needs of joint worshipers.”

Did this happen before?

Yes, in 2013, the last time the festival was hosted in Prayagraj, at least 36 people were killed in a crowd crushing at a railway station.

In the same year, at least 115 people were killed in the crushing of the Ratangarg Temple in Maadi Pradesh after a bridge collapsed.

In 2008, 145 people died after a crowd of people pushed people over a valley near the Himalayan Temple in Nina Devi.