Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers.
Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.
STORY: An Indian official says multiple people were killed and several more injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela ...
At least 30 people are dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India ...