Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a day after a stampede

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most sacred days of a Hindu festival.

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth.

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People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet.

Millions continued to throng the site even as police urged them to avoid the area. Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas.

A crowd crush at a Hindu festival in northern India has left at least 11 people dead and more than 50 injured, local media reported, citing hospital sources. The stampede at the the Kumbh Mela — the world’s largest religious gathering — in Uttar Pradesh state occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning,