India’s government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world’s largest religious festival.
Hindu pilgrims take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on February 5, 2025. : India’s government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world’s largest religious festival, estimates organising authorities say are calculated using artificial intelligence and surveillance cameras.
The Kumbh Mela, a six-week-long Hindu celebration of prayer and bathing held every 12 years in the northern city of Prayagraj, has more than two weeks yet to run, ending on February 26. The organisers say that they are using a network of cameras and overhead drones, with AI systems crunching data to calculate the number of devotees -- and manage crowds.
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