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.
RE: Geez Woodstock is nowhere on the list.
Woodstock did not even have a million people.
Where do you think they pooped?
Future record breaker- Jane Fonda funeral.
(My bladder can’t hold much longer)
And they thought the river was dirty beforehand?!?
Especially if you play "Yakkety Sax" while watching it.
RE: Future record breaker- Jane Fonda funeral.
Her brother Peter just died last week.
I betcha the St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup Parade edged out the Rome antiwar protests.
You mean the crowd of people lining up to piss on her grave.
I avoid crowds. Just sayin’.
Back at that time we had an indoor soccer team here called the Pittsburgh Spirit.
Their ad campaign featured one of their players with the ball, photographed James Bond-poster style, through a pair of very shapely female legs. Behind this image they played Rod Stewart’s “Hot Legs” in the TV commercial.
That player (English footballer Paul Child) still lives here where he’s a project manager in the construction industry. He says the #1 question he gets asked about his days with the Pittsburgh Spirit is: “What did that girl look like?”
The bottom three are all Yeb! Bush rallies.
It was only out of my deep respect for Arlington National Cemetery and what it represents that I was able to restrain myself when passing the grave of Ted Kennedy.
Surprised me also.
“...an indoor soccer team...”
That is one sport I really miss. The Twin Cities had a team for 4-5 years - the Minnesota Strikers.
Those games were really fast moving and high-scoring. I loved it when the ball was played off the hockey glass.
The TRUMP rally
“If you want my body, and you think I’m Sexy.....”
Rod Stewart
Indoor soccer is still around but it’s been relegated to third-tier markets like Reading, PA and Turlock, CA.
If you want my body and you think I’m sexy, you better have some damn powerful speakers on the beach!
That was from the old NASL team that moved to Minnesota from Ft. Lauderdale.
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