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In 2021, the British Council in India mapped the creative economy of Durga Puja at ₹32,000 crores for the year 2019 and added that the festival contributed 2.58% of the GDP of West Bengal in financial year 2019–2020. [19] [35] "Durga Puja in Kolkata" contributes to a large part of this creative economy. [19]
Each festival attracts millions, with the largest gathering at the Prayag Kumbh Mela and the second largest at Haridwar. [29] According to the Encyclopædia Britannica and Indian authorities, more than 200 million Hindus gathered for the Kumbh Mela in 2019, including 50 million on the festival's most crowded day. [ 2 ]
The 2021 Haridwar Kumbh Mela was held during the COVID pandemic, leading to concerns that large crowds would contribute to the rise in COVID cases, making it a super spreader event. The government refused to cancel or cut short the event. [52] [53] On 5 April 2021, government officials expressed concern that the event might become a superspreader.
In photos: World's biggest religious festival begins in India WATCH: Sea of humanity at world's largest religious gathering Authorities said that on Monday, until 4pm local time, 16 million people ...
[8] [9] It is the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus and the Indian state of West Bengal. [10] [11] A 2019 study by the British Council estimated the economic value of creative industries associated with Durga Puja in West Bengal at ₹32,377 crores (2.6% of the state's GDP in that financial year).
A month-long Hindu festival observed in the month of Shravan (July–August) at the Baba Baidyanath Dham temple in Deoghar, Jharkhand, India. Shravani Mela is one of the largest religious gatherings in India, attracting millions of devotees, primarily the Kanwariyas, who undertake a pilgrimage to offer holy water from the Ganges to Lord Shiva.
List of festivals of West Bengal. Festivals in Kolkata; List of fairs and festivals in Punjab; List of festivals in Maharashtra; List of festivals of Odisha; Fairs and Festivals in Manipur; category:Festivals in Tamil Nadu
The Thrissur Pooram is an annual Hindu temple festival held in Thrissur, Kerala, India. It is held at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur every year on the Pooram day—the day when the moon rises with the Pooram star in the Malayalam Calendar month of Medam. It is the largest and most famous of all poorams in India. [2]