Sunday, January 13, 2013

AFP — Indian organizers ‘prepared’ for world’s largest religious festival

Organisers of the world’s biggest religious festival, which starts on the banks of the river Ganges on Monday, said they were ready for the tens of millions of pilgrims expected to attend.
The Kumbh Mela, which takes place on a 12-year cycle and will last 55 days, is being held in the northern city of Allahabad where vast crowds of Hindus have already gathered ahead of the first mass bathing in the sacred river on Monday.
The organisation of the festival requires a monumental effort, but officials said everything was in place for a safe and successful event.
Ahead of the Kumbh Mela, organisers set up 35,000 toilets, 14 medical centres, 22,000 street lights, 150 kilometres (93 miles) of temporary roads, 18 bridges, and new sewage facilities....An estimated 100 million people are expected, with as many as 20 million anticipated on the most auspicious bathing day, February 15, organisers say.
Boggles the mind.

The Raw Story
Indian organizers ‘prepared’ for world’s largest religious festival
Agence France-Presse

2 comments:

Unknown said...

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