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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 Kumbh Mela of Haridwar appears to be the original Kumbh Mela, since it is held according to the astrological ... 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela [117] 2026 2027 Ardh Kumbh ...
The full Kumbh mela is held every 12 years, while an ardha (half) mela is held after about 6 years at the same site. The 2013 Kumbh mela was the largest religious gathering in the world with almost 120 million visitors. An Ardh Kumbh Mela was held in early 2019. The next full Kumbh mela is scheduled for 2025.
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.
January 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM. ... 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 ...
Hours after the crowd crush, pilgrims continued to gather to take a holy dip during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 29, 2025.
On 29 January 2025, crowd crushes occurred at the 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela [1] [2] at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers in Prayagraj, [3] in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. At least 30 [4] people were killed, while 90 others were injured. [5] This is the sixth crowd crush during the Kumbh Mela in the past 70 ...
January 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM. ... While the Kumbh Mela is held every three years, rotating between several holy cities, the Maha Kumbh Mela is held once every 12 years. Maha means “great”, and ...