Maha Kumbh mela: Why millions go to the world's largest religious gathering
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0:00 over the next 45 days an estimate 400 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to converge here in prayag Raj on the banks of the Holy River ganga and yamuna the
0:09 mahak MAA is one of the most sacred pilgrimage events and is celebrated once every 12 years here's my report it's like a sea of humanity
0:22 hundreds of thousands have congregated for one of the most sacred Pilgrim Hindu events celebrated once every 12 years for the next 6 weeks an estimate
0:34 400 million devotes are expected here on the banks of the Holy River ganga and yamuna for millions of pilgrims it serves a journey of
0:45 self-realization purification and spiritual enlightenment a ritualistic dip in the sacred river is a symbolic cleansing of
0:54 the body and soul sheer devotion has brought me here because I never expected being a heart patient I could walk so far and come but I think God gave me
1:04 strength to do it there are a lot of issues at home my husband doesn't remain well but still I left everybody and I came here you know to take a dip in this
1:12 it's it's just undescribable you know this uh experience amongst the thousands that have traveled here are Carol and Mandy
1:22 from centry have come to get the blessing from ganga sarasti yam and I've come to get some gangal for my dear mother and my family and say prayers for
1:33 them all and to have peace in my heart for me this is more of a cultural trip than a than a spiritual trip obviously I'm not a Hindu but I'm into culture and
1:42 I'm into spirituality and this has been something that I've wanted to do for a very very long time a popup tent city has sprung up
1:51 over thousands of Acres with hundreds of kilometers of temporary roads and bridges connecting the banks more than 160,000 tens have been
2:03 pitched Electric Supply Health Services drinking water and sanitation for such large numbers is a colossal task for the administration over $800 million has
2:15 been spent the event is a Showcase of the government under Prime Minister Modi his muscular right-wing Hindu nationalism with a heav mix of religious
2:25 identity has won him a third term in office the mahak Finds Its Origins from ancient Hindu scriptures its importance and spectacle now revived by the
2:37 government it's a collidoscope of people from all walks of life those who seek and those who bless unite at the sacred grounds of the Holy
2:47 Rivers for millions of Hindu pilgrims it serves a journey of self-realization purification and spiritual enlightenment a ritualistic dip in the sacred river is
2:57 a symbolic cleansing of the body and soul and a connect to the Divine pilgrims have come from all walks of life sadhus and Aesthetics leave their
3:06 seclusion only to visit civilization at the K since early morning when this six we event began there have been a consistent stream of hundreds of
3:15 thousands of devotes making it one of the largest congregations in the world