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The 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, also referred to as the 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela, is the ongoing iteration of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage festival celebrating 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.
"Direct the State of Uttar Pradesh to submit status report on Maha Kumbh 2025 stampede incident that took place on January 29, 2025 and also direct to initiate legal action against the persons ...
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 ...
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.
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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.
More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part of the Hindu Maha Kumbh festival, authorities said on Friday, greater ...
The Prayagwals (local Brahmins of Prayag) are believed to have adopted the 6 year kumbha, the 12-year cycle of the historic Maha Kumbh Mela and annual Magh Mela around this time. Since then, every 12 years, the Magh Mela turns into a Maha Kumbh Mela, and six years after a Kumbh Mela, it is an Ardh Kumbh ("Half Kumbh") or Kumbh Mela.