Kumbha has been the epitome of Civilizational Unity and integrity of Bharat since time immemorial...  — Mahadevayya Karadalli

Kumbha Mela is a ideal model of Samajik Samarasata and Hindu Samagam. The Tithi is decided only by movements of Guru and Surya not by any individuals. Brhaspati in Vrush Rashi and Surya in Makara Rashi Kumba will be at Prayag. Guru in Kumbha Rashi and Surya in Mesha Rashi Kumba will be at Haridwar, , Guru in Simha Rashi and Surya in Mesha Rashi Kumbha will be s in Ujjain Guru in Simha Rashi and Surya in Simha Rashi Kumbha will be in Nasik. So, called westerners with the help of computers, AI tech finding it difficult to movernments planet. Sanatana Bharatiya thousand centuries ago on their own accurately  calculated the dates. So,  the People from nook and corner of country will join on their own without any formal inviation. Thus Kumbha is a world’s prestigious holy religious congregation of 140+ crores of Hindus, at the sacred site of Sangam of 3 holy rivers i.e., Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. Kumbha has been the epitome of Civilizational Unity and integrity of Bharat since time immemorial, and  has ensured that Hindus -  belonging to 1000s of different casts, following 100s of different modes of worship, living in vastly different geographical regions, speaking 100s of different languages and dialects – are imbibed with the spirit of ONENESS of Sanatana Dharma and consequently of integral unity of the holy land of India. Our ancestors, since antiquity, had immense devotion to this land as holy land (Punya Bhoomi) and land of Gods (Deva Bhoomi) and consequently as the land which can give “liberation “from human life (Moksha Bhoomi).  

Events like Kumbha Mela, since vedic times, has been reinforcing the above sense, in Hindus for many generations. Kumbha Mela is to create Bharatiya Collective Chintana i.e. Vyasti – Samasti welfare shall be simultaneously imbibed in the day to day life and practiced as Dharma. Dharma is nothing but following of Yama Niyam, control over of Indiryas (Sense organs), Managing Arishadvarga (i.e. Kama. Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada, Matsara) for Universal harmony. Hence, once in twelve years Kumbha Mela, a conference place, where Sadhu, Sharana, Pandits, Dharmacharya together conduct brainstorming  sessions to decide common rituals  for whole Hindu society to safeguard the unity and integrity of peoples of Bharat. The recently concluded Kumbha Mela, is the idea of “Hindu Rejuvenation”. which has attracted crores of Bharatiyas irrespective of  cast, creed, region, party etc., and proved vivedita me Ekta Bharat ki Visheshata. Resulted in reclaiming its long lost status of “Vishwaguru”.

Kumbha Mela the perfect example for the concept “Unity in Diversity” 

Kumbha Mela, in these 45 days, was NOT merely the “Sangama” (confluence) of 3 Rivers; it also was the confluence of Devotion (Bhakti), Spirituality (Adhyatma) and Faith (Shraddha).   It also was the confluence of people irrespective of  cast, creed, region, party, and age group, etc., It also was the confluence of temporal affairs (with a lot of emphasis of technology) with Religious/spiritual affairs. In truest sense Kumbha Mela was the celebration of “Masses”. 

According to Govt statistics through the use of around 1700 cameras with Artificial Intelligence software. Around whopping 66 crore people visited Kumbh over its period of 45 days.  The visitors obviously included the entire cross section of society, from VVIPs like President and PM to most ordinary person, from highly educated academicians / scientists, to illiterates, from months old babies to centenarians, from sophisticated elite city dwellers to uncouth village /forest dwellers, and all Bharatiyas’ consisting of Hindus, Muslims, Christians living in Bharat.

A new District arises in Uttar Pradesh. 

It was a humongous task to organize the congregation of such a massive scale, where the cumulative number of attendees of around 66 crores, over just 45 days would exceed population of each of the 200 countries, except top 2.( India and China )  Yogi Adityanath’s government was up took the task in very systematic way. Kumbh Area covering about 10,000 Acres was declared as a “Special District” and huge amount of administration machinery staffed with top officials with adequate powers was established specially for this task. 

About 13 Kilometer stretch of River Bank and Ghats were completely re-laid.  42 Ghat sections were created along the river bank for taking bath.  2213 Pontoons were created to enable traffic to cross the rivers. 2 Highways and 200 new peripheral roads were laid out for the congregation. 

Ensuring safety and security of the huge number of pilgrims was a major challenge.  To meet the same, about 37000 policemen,14000 home guards, 56 temporary police stations, 144 Check posts were deployed. Of special importance due to the nature of ritual (i.e., taking bath in river) was the deployment of 700 police boats with 3800 specially trained river police personnel, 3 boat based police stations in river, State of art technology was deployed in the form of 2750 Artificial Intelligence based CC Tus. Drones were deployed on 24*7 basis for constant survivalence. 

To ensure fire safety, 50 Fire stations with 351 fire engines manned by about 2000 fire safety personnel were deployed. To ensure best possible comfortable stay for the pilgrims under this impossibly challenging circumstances, particularly for  the Gurus & Sadhus from various Akhadas, 85 Big pendals, 1500 single room and 400 family room tents, 150 Maharaja Deras, 50 temporary Ashrams (Hermitage)  were set up, and in all stay arrangements for about 4 Lakh pilgrims were created. 

Indian Railways brought about 5 crores people across India, through 17152 trains (7667 special trains and 9485 regular trains).  

Special arrangements were made in 9 nearby stations of Prayaga Raj to handle this huge influx of passengers. Likewise, the Air traffic facility also was geared up to handle the huge increase in Air passengers, coming in both regular flights and chartered flights. For a temporary period, the Prayagaraj airport was upgraded to international airport status. During normal days, about 20 flights used to land in Prayagaraj Airport, but during Kumbh days more than 2000 flights and international flights were landed in just 45 days. Road Transport consisting of all modes such as Bus, Vans, private Cars and Two wheelers was the most popular mode with people travelling long distances from all over India. Huge traffic jams extending to more than 100 kms were the testament of the huge volume of road traffic seen during Kumbha Time. Due to these excellent administrative arrangements, a number estimated based on scientific observations by AI supported cameras Kumbha could handle over the period of 45 days, the huge influx of 66 crores visitors. 

In addition to the actual visitors, those who could not visit also got the Ganga Jal/”Prasadams” from those who visited Kumbha. One can confidently say that Kumbh touched almost every Bharatiya, whoever and wherever they are and brought them spiritual solace and blessings of Maa Ganga.