At least 7 were reported to be killed in the crushing at the Mahakom Religious Festival in India Religion news

The crowd crushed in the largest religious event in the world, attended by hundreds of millions of people.

More than seven people – and perhaps up to 15 years have been killed, and many have been injured in crushing a crowd in the world in the world Religious festival In northern India, according to reports.

The witnesses calculated many bodies, and a doctor at the festival site in the city of prayer in Uttar Pradesh told AFP that 15 people were killed in the crushing near the river bank early on Wednesday morning.

An official, who did not want to be named because he was not allowed to speak to the media, said, “

Footage of rescue teams that carry victims out of the religious site showed clothes, shoes and other neglected property around the ground, as police officers carried cliches carrying the bodies of the victims with blankets to ambulances.

The death toll has not now been confirmed, and the injured victims were eagerly awaiting news outside a large tent working as a hospital created for this purpose for the festival approximately (half a mile) from the accident site.

Officials said that the rapid labor force (RAF) – a special unit called during crises – was deployed in the region to control the situation, and the rescue efforts were ongoing.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Prime Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yuji Adytianath and gave “directives to normalize the situation and relief,” according to Ani News Agency reports.

MahakumbH Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival, is the largest milestone in the Hindu religious calendar, and it is expected to visit up to 400 million pilgrims before the last day of the festival on February 26.

The festival is held on a 10,000 -acre site (4,046 hectares), where temporary tents were built to accommodate pilgrims. On Wednesday, one of the holiest days in a six -week festival coincides with sacred men due to the leadership of pilgrims in a process of sinful showering when the Gang River meets and Yamona in prayer.

Officials who have Loudhailers urged pilgrims to stay away from water with crushing in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

“We are humbly asking that all worshipers come to the main shower site,” said one of the festival employees. “Please cooperate with security personnel.”

It is held every 12 years in four sites – Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain – Hindus believes that the festival is an opportunity for them to wash their sins far away as they gather on the banks of the holy rivers to participate in a day of rituals.

The deadly crowd regularly occurs in Indian religious festivals, and MahakumbH – which is often called KumbH – features a dark record of deadly accidents.

More than 400 people died in one day of the festival in 1954 after being dizzy or drowned, still one of the most bloody accidents of its kind.

36 other people were crushed to death in 2013 – the last time the festival was organized in Prayagraj.

This year, the police installed hundreds of cameras on the festival site and on the roads leading to the camp, with a control center aimed at alerting employees if the crowd departments become very dense and pose a threat to safety.