Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu journey of confidence in which Hindus accumulate to bathe in a sacrosanct stream. It is the world's biggest religious social affair. It is held each third year at one of the four places by pivot: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik and Ujjain. Accordingly the Kumbh Mela is held at every one of these four places each twelfth year. ("Half") Kumbh Mela is held at just two spots, Haridwar and Allahabad, each 6th year. The streams at these four spots are: the Ganges at Haridwar, the intersection (Sangam) of the Ganges and the Yamuna and the legendary Saraswati at Allahabad, the Godawari at Nasik, and the Shipra at Ujjain.

Kumbh implies a pitcher and Mela implies reasonable in Hindi. The journey is held for around one and a half months at every one of these four spots where it is trusted in Hinduism that drops of nectar tumbled from the Kumbh conveyed by divine beings after the ocean was agitated. The celebration is charged as the "world's biggest assembly of religious travelers". There is no logical technique for determining the quantity of travelers, and the assessments of the quantity of pioneers washing on the most propitious day may fluctuate; roughly 80 million individuals went to on 14 February 2013.

Mauni Amavasya customarily pulled in the biggest group at the mela, held here like clockwork. The current Kumbh Mela was hung on 14 January 2013 at Allahabad.The day denoted the second and the greatest Shahi Snan (regal shower) of this occasion, with 13 akharas taking to the Sangam. 10 Feb 2013 was the greatest showering day at the continuous Maha Kumbh Mela and presumably the biggest human assembling on a solitary day. More than 30 million lovers and monkish life took heavenly plunge on the event of Mauni Amavasya.