Kumbh Mela Images: Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is considered to be the largest peaceful gathering in the world where around 100 million (10 crore) people were expected to visit during the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 in Prayagraj. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Prayagraj, Nashik and Ujjain. Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year.
Ardha (“Half”) Kumbh Mela is held at only two places, Haridwar and Prayagraj, every sixth year. The rivers at these four places are: the Ganges (Ganga) at Haridwar, the confluence (Sangam) of the Ganges and the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at Allahabad, the Godavari at Nashik, and the Shipra at Ujjain. The name Kumbh Mela comes from Hindi, and in the original Sanskrit and other Indian languages it is more often known as Kumbha Mela. Kumbha means a pitcher and Mela means fair in Sanskrit.
Kumbh Mela Images:
Maha Kumbh Mela is in 2025, between Jan 13 and Feb 26 in Prayagraj
Women make clay stoves to be sold to the devotees who will be staying on the banks of the Ganges river.
Workers make a floating platform on the Ganges river from interlocking plastic cubes
A sadhu or a Hindu holy man waits to take a holy dip in the waters of Godavari river during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at the Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival in Nashik on September 13, 2015
A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, jumps in a holy pond during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at ‘Kumbh Mela’, or Pitcher Festival, in Trimbakeshwar September 13, 2015
A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, leaves after taking a dip in a holy pond during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at ‘Kumbh Mela’, or Pitcher Festival, in Trimbakeshwar on September 13, 2015
A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, smokes inside his tent during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, in Trimbakeshwar on September 13, 2015
Sadhus or Hindu holy men arrive to take a holy dip in the waters of Godavari river during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at the Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival in Nashik on September 13, 2015
A woman prays after taking holy in Godavari during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) during the Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, in Nashik on September 13, 2015
Devotees attend a procession before taking a dip in a holy pond during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, in Trimbakeshwar on September 13, 2015
Hindu devotees take a holy dip in the waters of Godavari river during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at the Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival in Nashik on September 13, 2015
Sadhus or Hindu holy men arrive to take a holy dip in the waters of Godavari river during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at the Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival in Nashik on September 13, 2015
Sadhus or Hindu holy men arrive to take a holy dip in the waters of Godavari river during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at the Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival in Nashik on September 13, 2015
Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, attend a procession before taking a dip in a holy pond during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, in Trimbakeshwar on September 13, 2015
Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, attend a procession before taking a dip in a holy pond during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at the Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival in Nashik on September 13, 2015
Sadhus or Hindu holy men hold swords as they run towards the banks of Godavari river to take a dip during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival in Nashik, on September 13, 2015
Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, sit inside their tent during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, in Trimbakeshwar, on September 13, 2015
Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, wait during a procession before taking a dip in a holy pond during the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (grand bath) at Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, in Trimbakeshwar on September 13, 2015
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