Posted on 08/19/2019 9:47:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Kumbh Mela is believed to be the largest religious gathering on the planet. It is held every 12 years in Utar Pardesh, the northern Indian state.
It is believed that in 2013, a sum of 30 million Hindu pilgrims gathered to bathe during the event.
In 2014, up to 17 milliopn from all around the world gathered in Iraq to commemorate the death of one of the grandsons of the Prophet Mohammed, Imam Hussain. The event takes place in Karbala, each year.
It is widely believed to be the largest funeral gathering in the human history. 15 million people attended the event in Chennai in memory of ex chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He was widely respected as a speaker and writer and he became extremely popular after making Tamil the official language of the state, rejecting Hindi.
Approximately, 10 million Iranians visited Tehran to mourn the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. Several of the attendees were crushed to death as the crowd became uncontrollable.
According to the head of planning agency, Manila, six million turned out to see the Pope in country, breaking the previous world record for a papal gathering of five million.
On January 15, 1995, over five million people took part in Pope John Paul II’s Sunday mass (World Youth Day). Pope had to be flown to the event by helicopter as the authorities were unable to navigate the crowds on the ground.
It is believed that five million people attended the funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian president in Cairo.
Rod Stewart attracted a crowd of three and a half million to his rock concert which was held in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2012, around three million people were estimated to reach Mecca to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. A lot of pilgrimages slept on the marble floor outside the Grand Mosque, the central point of Islamic faith.
It is believed that around three million people march through Rome to oppose the US-led invasion of Iraq. It is supposed to be one of the biggest anti-war marches in the history.
Rod Stewart!!!!!!!!
You forgot the northbound 405 last Thursday morning
So 1.7 million people marching this weekend in Hong Kong, didn’t even rate?
Still I got to believe that was an o crap moment for Beijing.
How many people were in Times Square on VJ day?
The corresponding 10 Smallest Recorded Gatherings In Human History...
to include events for Biden, Buttplug, Irish Bob, Warpath Warren
I remember when the eyeatolla fell out of his casket!! That was funny right there!
In 1994 no less.
Wasn’t he a has been by the late 80’s?
I guess no one told Brazil.
It is his hair.
RE: How many people were in Times Square on VJ day?
Not sure if they kept a record of the crowd size then.
I do know that the so called “Million Man March” led by Louis Farrakhan in October 1995 in DC was significantly less than a million.
I was near Graceland back in August 1997 - the 20th anniversary of Elvis’ death.
Of course, that is if you believe he’s really dead. But I digress...
It seemed like there were millions there.
You spell words the way I do, just like they sound!
<< Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran, 1989 — Approximately, 10 million Iranians visited Tehran to mourn the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. Several of the attendees were crushed to death as the crowd became uncontrollable.”
And Khomeini himself took a spill: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V8LnSi7U3S0
Here is the 2010, in Haridwar, the furthest North of the four sites, where the River is still fast, clean and cool from the mountains.
RE: Wasn’t he a has been by the late 80’s?
Rod Stewart has this talent of reinventing himself. In the early 21st century, he recorded a series of Albums popularizing AMERICAN STANDARDS which were best sellers then.
He still tours as well. IIRC, he plays smaller venues but a lot of those are sell-outs.
He’s coming to the Twin Cities this weekend (Treasure Island Casino) and I’m kinda looking forward to seeing him. The wife is really excited about it.
If we go by PERCENTAGES, the birth of Cain was the largest attend function with a 100% turnout of the ‘entire population’ there.
A bit of a problem with restroom sanitation undoubtedly knocked the glow off the glory on the thirty million gathering in India.
I saws a documentary on one of those pilgrimages in India and it was only a paltry ten or twelve million. Human waste blanketed the area.
I quit listening to Rod Stewart when he went disco.
“If you want my body - and you think I’m sexy....”
Grr. I never forgave him for that.
Geez Woodstock is nowhere on the list.
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