CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Wild Rush to Bathe in Holy Ganges. EELIGIOUS HOLOCAUST. 12 >"<x>u. i DELHI. April 13. • j One of tbe mctt famous of Hinds ; religious_ festivals has resulted in the'' ■ aeatns o: 5-5 people, mostlv womem | were crushed to death in a wild | pisu or 1000 Hindus for the honour of i being the first to bathe in the Ganges' at Humph Mela, a United Provinces festivaL which occurs only once in twelve years. The great Ganges excels ab tie rivers of Tnrhi in sanctitv: iron tie source do-wn' to tbe sea every foot o: "'Motier Ganca's" course is holy gro<md. to bathe is" her ■waters will wash away s;i!. to d:e and br to etemai bliss. At tbe Bumme Gnats on its banks the bodies of Hindus are reduced
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 88, 14 April 1927, Page 7
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