World’s largest religious gathering begins in India

How is India managing its Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest gathering?
India's Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is set to be the world's largest gathering of humanity, with 400 million visitors expected at the six-week event that began this week in the northern city of Prayagraj.
Maha Kumbh Mela: world's largest religious festival gets under way in India
Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India bathed in sacred waters as the Kumbh Mela festival opened on Monday, with organisers expecting 400 million people -- the world's largest gathering of humanity -- to assemble over six weeks.India is the world's most populous nation, with 1.4 billion people, and so is used to large crowds.
India's Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival Sees World's Largest Gathering Of Humanity
Hindu holy men and devotees gather on the second day of India's giant and millenia-old Kumbh Mela festival. Organisers expect 400 million people to attend the event, which began on January 13 and will run until February 26.
India set for Maha Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering of humanity
A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest gathering of humanity as it showcases religion, spirituality, tourism and crowd management.
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Factbox-India's Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
The Maha Kumbh Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival, will bring more than 400 million people to Prayagraj city in northern India over a period of six weeks starting Monday, making it the largest gathering of humanity in the world.
Tens of thousands take holy dip in India as Maha Kumbh festival begins
Tens of thousands of Hindus seeking absolution of their sins immersed themselves on Monday in freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers, as India began a six-week festival expected to draw the world's largest gathering of humanity.
India's Maha Kumbh marks first 'royal bath' with dreadlocked ascetics' holy dip
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Hindu procession opens first sacred bathing of India’s Kumbh Mela
Prayagraj, India, Jan 14 (EFE).- A procession of India’s most important sects on Tuesday opened the first sacred bathing ...
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“Wonderful experience…uplifting”: Foreign devotees express admiration for Maha Kumbh mela
With Maha Kumbh Mela now in its full splendour, devotees from India and abroad are immersed in partaking an experience that ...
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