Maha Kumbh Mela, from space: NASA astronaut shares photos of an illuminated Prayagraj from ISS

The images amusement the dazzling confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers.

2025 Maha Kumbh Mela Ganges River pilgrimage from the ISS astatine night. The largest quality gathering successful the satellite is good lit. pic.twitter.com/l9YD6o0Llo

— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) January 26, 2025

The Maha Kumbh Mela, which occurs erstwhile each 144 years, started connected January 13 and volition spell connected for 45 days, drafting millions of devotees, saints, and tourists. The Uttar Pradesh authorities has allocated a staggering Rs 400 crore to guarantee uninterrupted energy and precocious infrastructure to negociate the monolithic influx of visitors.

UP government’s measures for Maha Kumbh Mela

85 sub-stations person been installed to illuminate the Maha Kumbh country dispersed implicit much than 4,000 hectares. The energy depletion during the 45-day lawsuit is estimated to outgo Rs 30 crore. Nearly 2 lakh units of energy volition beryllium consumed daily, officials person said.

As galore arsenic 52,000 electrical poles, 70,000 LED lights and 2,016 star hybrid lights person been installed successful the area. The star hybrid lights, placed on the main roads, are programmed to automatically crook connected successful the evening and disconnected successful morning.

Around 1.6 lakh tents and 50,000 shops volition travel up for the event, said an official.

High-powered cameras of the ISIS captured the Maha Kumbh Mela from space. Pettit is presently joined connected the ISS by chap astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Willmore, among others.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had past week released outer images of the Maha Kumbh Mela.