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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: The Maha Kumbh Mela Pilgrimage: The World's Largest Religious Festival
Description: Every twelve years, one of the greatest gatherings of people on Earth takes place in India. As many as a hundred million people will converge on four different locations on sacred rivers to engage in one of the most important rites in the Hindu Religion.But what are the reasons so many people undertake the pilgrimage, and how exactly do you handle the logistics of so many people going to the same place?Learn more about the Maha Kumbh Mela, its history and how it works on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.