
World’s largest religious gathering begins in India (Maha Kumbh festival), hundreds of millions of Hindus expected to attend
Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is being touted as the world’s largest religious gathering. Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred…