Nearly million visited the last Kumbh Mela in It is the world's largest peaceful gathering of people. Ardh Kumbh is held every six years, while the Maha Kumbh Mela comes after 12 years. A whole city would come up temporarily at Prayagraj spread across 2, hectares on the banks of the the Ganga and Yamuna. How do they manage such a huge gathering?
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Your Reason has been Reported to the admin. Fill in your details: Will be displayed Will not be displayed Will be displayed. Share this Comment: Post to Twitter. FMCG Plant meat is here. The hospitals are equipped to perform surgery and offer facilities for X-rays, ultrasounds and lab tests. Mr Paliwal and his team are also looking after sanitation at the mela. To cater for the millions expected to visit, more than , toilets have been installed, along with 20, dustbins - 22, sanitation workers have been hired to sweep up the mess.
There are elaborate plans for waste management too - Mr Paliwal says every toilet is geo-tagged which will help them tackle any problems. But his team has already faced criticism that there is no water in the toilets and many are already stinking.
Mr Paliwal says this will be addressed before the festival starts. What we are creating here is a country. People have been working day and night, laying pipelines, providing water connections, building toilets. All images copyright. Kumbh Mela explained in 60 seconds. Holiest day at India's Kumbh Mela.
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Where does everyone stay? So how do pilgrims get there? Image source, Ankit Srinivas. Allahabad is a Muslim name given to the city by a Mughal emperor in Neither side is expecting tensions to lead to violence during the festival, although a stampede at the last Kumbh Mela held in Allahabad in , as it was then known, killed Officials do not expect clashes either, but have boosted the number of police on duty compared with previous events.
Preparations are underway for the Kumbh mela for which Rs 2, crore has been allocated by the Union and state governments. The Union tourism ministry is organising road shows and participating in events especially in European countries to raise awareness about the mega religious fair overseas.
The festival has its origins in Hindu mythology which says Lord Vishnu wrested a golden pot containing the nectar of immortality from demons.
Four drops fell on the four locations across India, in the cities of Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik in a day fight for possession. The Kumbh Mela is held at one of these spots every six years, with the festival at Allahabad the holiest of them all.
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