Conclusion: A 1953 photo of a now-changed pillar in Mina, Saudi Arabia is being falsely shared as one of a shivling in Mecca.

The upgrade of Hajj Village, a facility that had existed for decades and serves as a passage for Muslim pilgrims, is all of a ...

Fact-Check: A photo showing people around a stone pillar is being shared on social media, with the false claim that it shows ...

Safety measures were in place at the site -- one where fatal stampedes have been frequent -- but "caution isn't stronger than fate," Saudi Hajj Minister Iyad Madani said. The tragedy marked the ...

The Government is expediting the processing of passports for pilgrims of the 2025 Hajj to facilitate smooth traveling and ...

In 2001, 35 people died in a stampede during the devil stoning ritual, while in 1998, some 180 died. In the worst Hajj-related disaster, 1,426 people died in 1990 during a stampede in a tunnel ...

Saudi Arabia has never acknowledged the full toll of the stampede. A separate crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque earlier the same year killed 111. The second-deadliest incident at the Hajj ...

There have been several incidents of stampede in the past, reported from countries across the world. Prominent ones include the Hajj stampede of 2015 in Mecca, the Love Parade stampede of 2010 in ...

Behind the obvious global rise in pilgrimage and religious tourism is not just the growing religiosity across societies, but ...

On September 24, 2015, a stampede at the Stoning of the Devil ritual killed at least 2,236 pilgrims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the deadliest incident in the history of the Hajj. On April 30 ...

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has criticized the opposition for their negativity towards Maha Kumbh and praised the ...