Hindu festival marred by stampede

Anxious relatives were searching for missing family members Feb. 11 in a northern India city that is home to one of the world's largest religious gatherings, unsure if their loved ones were caught in a stampede that killed 36 people or had simply gotten lost among the tens of millions of pilgrims.

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An Indian family whose relative died in a stampede at a railway station cry and comfort each other as they arrive to take the bodies from morgue, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The death toll from the stampede in a train station rose to 36 on Monday in a northern India city where millions of devotees had gathered for a Hindu festival that is one of the world's largest religious gatherings. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
An Indian family whose relative died in a stampede at a railway station cry and comfort each other as they arrive to take the bodies from morgue, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The death toll from the stampede in a train station rose to 36 on Monday in a northern India city where millions of devotees had gathered for a Hindu festival that is one of the world's largest religious gatherings. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)