US EditionWorld's Largest Religious Gathering, Maha Kumbh Mela, Begins in India
- The Maha Kumbh Mela, touted as the world’s largest religious gathering, began on January 13 and is expected to attract over 400 million people in India over the next six weeks.
- Devotees will gather in Prayagraj to bathe in the confluence of the sacred rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati, which is believed to cleanse sins and promote spiritual liberation.
- The event will feature a temporary tent city with 160,000 tents and extensive facilities to accommodate visitors, funded by over $765 million from the Uttar Pradesh state.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited people worldwide to attend, while local security will be tested with about 50,000 personnel and over 2,700 AI-powered cameras in place.
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The Kumbh Mela is not just a religious manifestation; it is a testimony to the close bond that persists in the most populous country in the world between the human and the divine, from which the most nationalist political leaders take advantage.
India opens Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims
PRAYAGRAJ, India—Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India bathed in sacred waters as the Kumbh Mela festival opened on Monday. Organisers expect 400 million people to assemble over six weeks, the world’s largest gathering of humanity. The millennia-old Kumbh Mela, a show of religious piety and ritual bathing — and a logistical challenge of staggering proportions — is held at the site where the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers meet.”I f…
World’s Largest Festival: India’s Kumbh Mela Takes Place After 144 Years
Kumbh Mela 2019, Allahabad – Prayagraj, India. Credit: Ninara / CC BY 2.0 India’s Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, began Monday, January 13, as millions of Hindu devotees gathered along the Ganges River. The festival, held every 12 years, is one of Hinduism’s most revered events, earning the title “festival of festivals.” This year’s Kumbh Mela is extraordinary. Known as the Maha Kumbh Mela, it occurs once every 144 years and …
Around 400 million faithful will travel to Uttar Pradesh by February 26 to immerse themselves in the waters of the sacred rivers and wash away their sins. This is...
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