KETOS Latest Collaborative Effort: Safeguarding the Sacred Waters of Maha Kumbh Mela 2025

Every 12 years, in India, tens of millions of worshippers converge to celebrate a unique cosmological event known as the Maha Kumbh Mela. Held in Prayagraj, at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers, Maha Kumbh Mela‘s celebrations align with the movements and alignment of Jupiter, the Sun, and the Moon. While perhaps not as well-known to North American audiences, the festival draws tens of millions of celebrants to the banks of the rivers to bathe, drink, and interact with the waters, which are believed to be imbued with divine energy, making the act of bathing in them spiritually purifying. This moment of spiritual resonance is rare, occurring only once every 12 years. Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, more than a decade in the making, fell in February of this year.

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