Sangam, Prayagraj Ardh Kumbh Mela, 2019

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Sangam, Prayagraj Ardh Kumbh Mela, 2019
Sangam, Prayagraj Ardh Kumbh Mela, 2019

Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred or holy river.

Prayagraj Ardh Kumbh Mela, 2019 is the Ardh Kumbh Mela to being held at Triveni Sangam in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India from 15 January to 4 March 2019

According to Hindu mythology, Vishnu dropped drops of amrita (the drink of immortality) at four places, while transporting it in a kumbha (pot). These four places, including Allahabad, are identified as the present-day sites of the Kumbh Mela. The river-side fair at Allahabad is centuries old, but its association with the kumbha myth and a 12-year old cycle dates back to the 19th century. The priests of Allahabad borrowed these concepts from the Haridwar Kumbh Mela and applied it to their local Magh Mela, an annual celebration. The Magh Mela probably dates back to the early centuries CE, and has been mentioned in several Puranas.

Rising attendance and scale

Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj, c. 2001.

Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj is the largest in the world, the attendance and scale of preparation of which keeps rising with each successive celebration. For the 2019 Ardh Kumbh at Prayagraj, the preparations include a ₹42,000 million (US$580 million or €510 million) temporary city over 2,500 hectares with 122,000 temporary toilets and range of accommodation from simple dormitory tents to 5-star tents, 800 special trains by the Indian Railway, artificially intelligent video surveillance and analytics by IBM, disease surveillance, river transport management by Inland Waterways Authority of India, and an app to help the visitors.

In 1903, 400,000 pilgrims were recorded as attending the fair at Prayagraj.

On 14 April 1998, 10 million pilgrims attended the Kumb Mela at Haridwar on the busiest single day.

In 2001, 70 million pilgrims attended the 55 days long Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj, including more than 40 million on the busiest single day.

In 2007, 70 million pilgrims attended the 45-day long Ardha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj.

In 2013, 120 million pilgrims attended the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj.

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