23 Jan, 2026
The Maha Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, a Hindu pilgrimage held every 144 years at Prayagraj, India, at the Triveni Sangam (confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati rivers), featuring massive holy dips for spiritual cleansing, elaborate rituals, and processions of ascetics, attracting hundreds of millions of devotees for spiritual renewal, with the most recent major event in early 2025.