Tag: Kumbh Mela stampede

On Mauni Amavasya at 1954 Kumbh Mela, a stampede killed 1000; lone photographer lived to tell the tale

In his memoir published by a Hindi magazine ‘Chayakriti’ in 1989, NN Mukherjee described the stampede, the horrors he witnessed and Nehru’s presence at Kumbh on that day.

February 4, 2019