In the Kumbh Mela, millions of Hindu pilgrims come together to bathe in rivers considered sacred. This year more than 400 million people are expected to attend the Kumbh Mela in the city of Prayagraj across 48 days

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🇮🇳 A rassemblement géant, technologie de pointe. Les organisateurs du festival de la Kumbh Mela, dans le nord de l'Inde, utilisent l'intelligence artificielle (IA) pour compter et assurer la sécurité des millions de pèlerins.

The Outcast Toilet Cleaners Keeping the Kumbh Mela Going The Mela's scale creates a waste removal and public health challenge of epic proportions.

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"Critical to the festival’s running are the 5,000 workers hired just to clean the toilets – and nearly all of them belong to the lower rungs of an age-old rigid social hierarchy that divides Hindus by function and social standing.
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How Does Kumbh Mela Connect India's Present to its Past? People from all walks of life in India are now gathering for the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the Ganges River where it meets and mixes with the water of the Yamuna and Sara...

“The Kumbh Mela is a living connection to ancient mythology. For a few days it becomes the most populous city in the world where people gather and wade into the Ganges River to be cleansed of their sins, and then it all disperses.” — Sudipta Sen, Professor of History, UC Davis

Scenes from Kumbh Mela 2025

🇮🇳 Inde : 400 millions de personnes sont attendues pour le plus grand pèlerinage de tous les temps. Les bains rituels de masse ont débuté ce lundi à Prayagraj, dans le nord de l'Inde, pour le méga-festival hindou de la Kumbh Mela qui est organisé tous les 12 ans.

India opens Maha Kumbh Mela, expected to draw 400 million pilgrims Organisers expect around 400 million people to attend the six-week festival, which will continue until 26 February.

India opens Maha Kumbh Mela, expected to draw 400 million pilgrims

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India's Maha Kumbh marks first 'royal bath' with dreadlocked ascetics' holy dip Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India on Tuesday, dreadlocks flying, during the first 'royal bath' of the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival.

Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India, dreadlocks flying, during the first 'royal bath' of the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival reut.rs/3DQd6N5

India’s Maha Kumbh Mela festival gets under way for first time in 144 years The grand version of the 12-yearly Hindu pilgrimage is expected to draw more than 400 million devotees The world’s largest religious gathering kicked off on Monday as millions of Hindu devotees gathered on the banks of Ganges in India to mark the…

India’s Maha Kumbh Mela festival gets under way for first time in 144 years