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The 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, also referred to as the 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela, is the current iteration of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage festival marking 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.
The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, running from 13 January to 26 February, is expected to draw around 400 million pilgrims, making it one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.
In January 2025, at least 50 people died and 100 others were injured in the stampede at the Maha Kumbh venue in Prayagraj, and Amrit Snan was temporarily suspended. [104] It was announced that a judicial enquiry by a three-member committee would be conducted, led by Justice Harsh Kumar.
The next full Kumbh mela is scheduled for 2025. The exact date is based on the Hindu luni-solar calendar and is determined by the entry of planet Jupiter in Taurus zodiac and while the sun and the moon is in Capricorn. [6] [note 1] The Mela is one of the four fairs traditionally recognised as Kumbh Melas.
A woman crawls under a fence, after a deadly stampede before the second ‘Shahi Snan' (REUTERS) Devotees are seen at the site of stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela (AFP via Getty Images)
Tuesday's bathing spectacle comes on the second day of the Kumbh Mela which is held every 12 years. By noon local time (06:30 GMT), about 16 million bathers had taken a dip in the river.
The Haridwar Kumbh Mela dates at least from the early 1600s. The earliest extant texts that use the name "Kumbha Mela" are Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh (1695) and Chahar Gulshan (1789). Both these texts use the term "Kumbh Mela" to describe only Haridwar's fair, although they mention the similar fairs at Allahabad (the annual Magh Mela) and Nashik (the ...
The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, described as humanity's biggest gathering, begins in India's Prayagraj. ... 14 and 29 January, and 3 February - have been designated as Shahi Snan (or the royal ...