Maha Kumbh Mela has began hosting its grand celebration at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The festival venue is being visited by crores of people each day, who are being facilitated by thousands of stalls across the landscape.

As the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 unfolds in Prayagraj, memories of my experience at Ujjain’s Simhasth Kumbh Mela in 2016 resurface. Battling scorching heat, I toured akhadas, met revered spiritual leaders,

The Mahakumbh- one of the largest spiritual gatherings on the planet- is being held on the banks of the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, in Prayagraj.