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The 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela was the most recent iteration of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage festival that marked a full orbital revolution of Jupiter around the Sun. It was scheduled from 13 January to 26 February 2025, at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj , Uttar Pradesh , India.
Pancha-Dravida have month from next day of Amavasya to Amavasya . Amavasya is last 29/30 days (Amanta). Śhukla paksha is called as the bright half as the Moon changes from New Moon to Full Moon while in Krishna paksha it changes from Full Moon to New Moon. Hence it is seen that same Amavasya has same festival all over the country.
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 ...
On amavasya – one of the three key bathing dates, over 5 million attended the 1954 Kumbh, about 10 million attended the 1977 Kumbh while the 1989 Kumbh attracted about 15 million. [ 84 ] On 14 April 1998, 10 million pilgrims attended the Kumbh Mela at Haridwar on the busiest single day, according to the Himalayan Academy editors. [ 85 ]
The origin of the festival is rooted in the mythological story about a fight between the gods and demons over a Kumbh (a pitcher) of nectar that emerged during the churching of the ocean.
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