Dozens injured in stampede at massive Maha Kumbh festival in India

An ambulance leaves the site of a stampede at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on Mauni Amavasya’ or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Picture: AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh

A stampede injured dozens of people early on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India, local media reported.

Images from the scene in the northern city of Prayagraj showed rescuers helping the injured as police tried to manage the massive crowds.