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.
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Have You Seen This Pilgrim? Lost in the Throngs of the Kumbh Mela.
Hindus believe that a third, mythical river called the ... where people do their bathing rituals. Image Pilgrims get lost most frequently after emerging from their holy dips.
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Along the banks of India's holy river during the Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest festival in the world
Every 12 years, hundreds of millions of Hindu pilgrims gather in northern India for a ritual bath at the confluence ... they fill bottles with water from the holy river for their relatives at ...
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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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Ten Hindu pilgrims killed in highway crash on way to Maha Kumbh festival
The car was carrying pilgrims from central Chattisgarh state’s Korba city to take a “holy bath” at the Kumbh ... the confluence of holy rivers in Prayagraj, during the festival, according ...
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Is Taking Holy Bath At Prayagraj's Maha Kumbh Not Safe? Here's What We Know So Far
The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj is in full swing, drawing millions of devotees daily to take a holy dip (snan ... arises—how safe is the river water for bathing? The latest report by ...