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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...
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Photo Of 'WFH Employee' Attending Maha Kumbh Goes Viral; Netizens Say 'Moksha And Salary At Same Time'
A viral photo from the crowded Maha Kumbh Mela showed a man engrossed in his laptop. Netizens assumed he was a WFH employee attending a conference call from Prayagraj. Some even suggested he could ...
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Maha Kumbh Mela, World’s Largest Religious Gathering, Comes to a Close
The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of ...
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At the World’s Largest Gathering, a Search for Salvation
A one-time Kumbh Mela pilgrim in India finds true cleansing in Christ. At the age of 11, Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gonda to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge into ...
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Every 12 years, India builds this megacity—then tears it down
The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how India prepared—and what happens once it's all over. January 29th was ...
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Next Kumbh Mela To Take Place In This Holy City: All You Need To Know
The grand Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, officially concluded on Wednesday, February 26, following an extraordinary 45-day celebration. This sacred event witnessed an ...
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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Over the last 45 days, more than 620 million people – over a third of India’s roughly 1.4 billion population - have attended the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher ...