PRAYAGRAJ, (Reuters) – The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, is being managed with cutting-edge technology to improve safety and crowd control.

The previous Kumbh Mela in 2019 recorded 240 million attendees, less than half of this year’s turnout. The largest gathering occurred on January 29, when 80 million devotees visited the site.