Taking place once every 12 years, the Maha Kumbh Mela begins today in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh as many Hindu devotees gather on the first day to pray, as organisers expecting 400 million people -- the largest gathering of humanity
Updated On: 2025-01-13 09:36 AM IST
Compiled by : Nascimento Pinto
Hindu pilgrims with their belongings arrive to take a dip in Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the Kumbh Mela.
Devotees gather at Sangam to perform rituals on the first day of Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.
Hindu pilgrims arrive with their belongings to take a dip near the banks of Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, on a cold winter morning in Prayagraj on January 13, 2025.
Devotees pray as they take a holy dip in the Ganga river on the first day of Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.
Hindu pilgrims take a dip in the sacred waters of Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 13, 2025. Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on January 13, as the Kumbh Mela festival opened.
