Kumbh Mela (The Pot Fair) is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage and a religious festival where millions of of sadhus, pilgrims, and devotees come for historical ritual bathing at four sites on the banks of Rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, Godavari and Shipra, considered sacrad.

Kumbh Mela is the single largest religious congregation or, in fact, human gathering of any kind on Earth.

Once every twelve years a great Kumbh Mela takes place, when the propitious timing is amplified many thousands of times over. And, in keeping with the lunar cycles, every twelfth great Kumbh Mela is the 'Maha' -- held ever 144 years.

Kumbh Melas are held every 12 years. The last Haridwar Kumbh Mela was held in 2010.

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