As the 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela return to Prayagraj after 12 years, it is bringing together spirituality and economic prosperity on a monumental scale.

Maha Kumbh Mela Prayagraj 2025, Kumbh Mela Festival Live Updates: The spiritual festival, held every 12 years, attracts millions of devotees who gather to bathe at the sacred Triveni Sangam, where the Ganga,

This year's event is poised to be record-breaking, with the Uttar Pradesh government expecting around 40 crore devotees to participate in the sacred ritual of taking a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam.

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.

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.

While the Kumbh Mela festival is ordinarly held every three years, rotating between several holy cities on the banks of these rivers, the Maha Kumbh Mela occurs only once every 12 years. Maha means “great”, and the event attracts the most devotees because it is considered the most auspicious and holy in the cycle.

India set for Hindu festival Maha Kumbh Mela | REUTERS WARNING: May contain nudity The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of humanity, begins in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj, with millions of devout Hindus arriving to take a dip in the holy river Ganga.