Kumbh Mela The Greatest Show On Earth

February 2013 Allahabad India Over the next 55 days nearly a hundred million people will come here to the Great Kumbh Mela This incredible and aweinspiring celebration of the worlds oldest religion happens every 12 years at the place where Hindus believe two sacred rivers meet For many Hindus this is their most important pilgrimage and it happens at one of the most holy sites in India Hindus come to cleanse themselves in the sacred waters of the river Ganges to pray and emerge purified and renewed This follows British pilgrims as they embark on a onceinalifetime spiritual journey A journey that will take them into the heart of Hinduism its philosophy its beliefs and its traditions A journey that will culminate in the largest ever gathering of humans in one place