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Dozens feared dead in crush at Kumbh Mela religious festival in India – latest updates

Pilgrims are desperately searching for missing loved ones after deadly crushes in Prayagraj where the world’s largest religious gathering is taking place

Wednesday is when the sadhus (holy people), all 13 sects of them, take their holy baths in the Ganges.

The holy bathing time is at 4am and that is around the time that the crowd crushes are thought to have started. It appears three separate crushes took place, as people surged forward, into groups of people who were sitting or lying on the ground on the banks of the river.

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