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One of the world’s greatest religious spectacles is underway and the numbers are staggering
CNN ^ | Janaury 13, 2025 | Aishwarya S Iyer

Posted on 01/14/2025 4:08:56 AM PST by C19fan

Millions of Hindu devotees are bathing in sacred waters as the world’s biggest religious gathering begins in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

Over the next six weeks, a staggering 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher, on the riverbanks in the city of Prayagraj.

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TOPICS: Religion
KEYWORDS: aishwaryasiyer; faithandphilosophy; godsgravesglyphs; hindu; hinduism; hindus; india; mahakumbhmela; prayagmahakumbhlela; prayagraj; uttarpradesh
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61 posted on 01/15/2025 7:46:33 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: C19fan

This might explain why I’ve been getting significantly fewer spam calls yesterday and today.


62 posted on 01/15/2025 9:47:40 AM PST by posterchild
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