Prayagraj: India’s space agency has beamed images of the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela-the biggest religious gathering of the world-with Indian satellites at Prayagraj in UP.
ISRO’s images reveal a large complex put up as part of the fair where it is estimated some 40 crore people will be coming over 45 days.
National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad has taken huge structural buildup imaging of Maha Kumbh Mela using India’s advanced optical satellite and radarsat- a day and night viewing satellite.
These images were accessed by NDTV science editor, Mr Pallava Bagla, who showed the temporary tent city and pontoon bridge over the river network.
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Radar image was taken as it can image even through the cloud band enveloping the Prayagraj, said the Director of the NRSC, Dr Prakash Chauhan.
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Maha Kumbh From Space Images
A series of time-space images from other sources (‘C’ band microwave satellite on EOS-04 (RISAT-1A) during September 15, 2023 and December 29, 2024), with all-weather capability and among the best resolutions(FRS-1, 2.25m), provides exclusive insights into details of the Tent City including Layout of Structures and Roads with pontoon bridges and all necessary supporting infrastructure built for Maha Kumbh Mela 2025.
Even the UP administration is making use of these images to avoid any disaster or future stampede at the Mela.
The Prayagraj Parade Ground can be seen in these time series photos taken before the start of the Mahakumbh on April 6, 2024, then as the big development takes place – seen on December 22, 2024 – and when a massive crowd starts gathering to use the same is seen on January 10, 2025.
What emerges from these two photos should be the parade grounds of Prayagraj-one taken weeks ago, directly before the Maha Kumbh on 6th April 2024, and another, dated December 22, 2024, after the big development takes place, when the huge crowd begins to form to await its use, as seen on 10th January 2025.
“Such technological advancements point to a paradigm shift that religion and technology induce in the administration of larger-sized creeds,” Union DoST Minister Jitendra Singh said. “Maha Kumbh Mela is the primary epitome of how tradition and technology come together to forge clear and healthier opportunities for all.”
View images documenting the newly established Shivalay Park from space, first on April 6, 2024 as nothing and by December 22, 2024, Shivalay Park would come into existence such that it would form an outer landscape in the shape of the map of India – and see it again on January 10, 2025.
The establishment of a new district into the Uttar Pradesh geography, with an area called Mahakumbh Nagar, was realized for the religious event to hold at the Sangam Triveni, where the Ganga, Yamuna, and mythical river Saraswati conflate.
There will be some 1,50,000 tents this year for the pilgrims during the Maha Kumbh Mela, as well as equipped with 3,000 kitchens, 1,45,000 toilets, and 99 parking lots.
Maha Kumbh Mela 2025
Every 12 years, the Kumbh Mela is celebrated thrice and thus rotates between four sacred murtis’i.e. Haridwar (Uttarakhand) at the banks of Ganga, Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) on the Shipra, Nashik (Maharashtra) of Godavari, and Prayagraj on confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati.
Among these, several hundred thousand pilgrims would enter the water during the period, which will understand the practices of the Amrit Snans bathing rituals so that their souls can be cleaned, and sins driven out.
This year, Prayagraj is hosting the event from January 13 to February 26. Nearly 26 hectares of land have been reclaimed and about 12 kilometres of additional bathing ghats were created for Maha Kumbh Mela. More than eight crore people have so far taken a dip at the Sangam.
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