UP CM Yogi Adityanath invites Odisha CM for Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has invited Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi for the Maha Kumbh Mela to be held at Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26, 2025.

Labour and Employment Minister Anil Rajbhar and State for Food and Logistics and Civil Supplies Minister Satish Chandra Sharma met CM Majhi at his official residence in Bhubaneswar on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh CM and invited him for the Maha Kumbh Mela.

The Maha Kumbh Mela (the festival of the sacred pitcher) is anchored in Hindu mythology. It is the world’s largest public gathering and collective act of faith. This congregation includes ascetics, saints, and pilgrims from all walks of life.

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Kumbh Mela is a religious pilgrimage in Hinduism that is celebrated four times over 12 years. The geographical location of Kumbh Mela spans over four locations in India and the Mela site keeps rotating between one of the four pilgrimages on four sacred rivers.

Pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela come from all sections of the religion ranging from Sadhus (saints) and Naga Sadhus who practice ‘sadhana’ and keenly follow a strict path of spiritual discipline, to hermits who leave their seclusion and come to visit the civilization-only during the Kumbh Mela, to seekers of spirituality, and to common people.

During the Kumbh Mela, many cultural activities attract millions of pilgrims.