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The 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, also referred to as the 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela, is the ongoing iteration of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage festival celebrating a full orbital revolution of Jupiter around the Sun. It is scheduled from 13 January to 26 February 2025, at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Haridwar Kumbh Mela by the English painter J. M. W. Turner. Steel engraving, c. 1850s. Until the East India Company rule, the Kumbh Melas (Magha Melas) were managed by these akharas. They provided logistical arrangements, and policing, intervened and judged any disputes and collected taxes.
A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 ...
While the Kumbh Mela festival is held every three years, rotating between several holy cities on the banks of these rivers, the Maha Kumbh Mela occurs only once every 12 years. Maha means “great ...
The Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh (1695 CE) mentions the mela in its description of the Berar Subah, although it doesn't use the terms "Kumbh Mela" or "Simhastha" to describe it.It states that when Jupiter entered Leo or Simha (which happens once in 12 years), people from far away would come to Trimbak for a large gathering which was famous in all parts of the Mughal Empire.
At least 30 people were killed and dozens have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest gatherings, authorities said. The Maha Kumbh Mela takes place every 12 ...
2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela: Still going on 29 January 2025: 76 million Pilgrimage Prayagraj India 2019 Prayag Ardh Kumbh Mela: 240 million 4 February 2019: 50 million Pilgrimage Prayagraj India [1] [2] 2013 Prayag Kumbh Mela: 120 million 10 February 2013: 30 million Pilgrimage Prayagraj India [3] [4] 2010 Haridwar Kumbh Mela: 70 million 14 ...
The Prayagwals (local Brahmins of Prayag) are believed to have adopted the 6 year kumbha, the 12-year cycle of the historic Maha Kumbh Mela and annual Magh Mela around this time. Since then, every 12 years, the Magh Mela turns into a Maha Kumbh Mela, and six years after a Kumbh Mela, it is an Ardh Kumbh ("Half Kumbh") or Kumbh Mela.