Author: Dr K Venkataraman

As the calendar flips to January 2025, the world turns its gaze to a phenomenon unparalleled in scale and spirit — the Kumbh Mela. In this cosmic convergence of faith and humanity, an astounding 40 to 45 million pilgrims from across the globe will gather at the sacred confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, from 13 January to 26 February, united by a shared ritual: the purifying dip that bridges the earthly and the divine. It is a periodic festival (mela) that pulsates with the rhythm of the cosmos, where the convergence of celestial bodies…