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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.
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.
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.
Video of the aftermath showed the makeshift structure appeared to have collapsed. ... Devotees try to escape stampede by crossing barricade at the Maha Kumbh Mela. Wednesday 29 January 2025 05:00, ...
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 Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - is held once every 12 years. Hindus believe that taking a dip at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and ...
2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela: Still going on 29 January 2025: 76 million Pilgrimage Prayagraj India 2019 Prayag Ardh Kumbh Mela: 240 million 4 February 2019: 50 million Pilgrimage Prayagraj India [1] [2] 2013 Prayag Kumbh Mela: 120 million 10 February 2013: 30 million Pilgrimage Prayagraj India [3] [4] 2010 Haridwar Kumbh Mela: 70 million 14 ...
The 2019 Prayagraj Kumbh Mela was the Ardh Kumbh Mela held at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India from 15 January to 4 March 2019. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] This event is followed by the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh scheduled for January to February 2025.