{"id":21857,"date":"2025-02-16T02:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T02:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=21857"},"modified":"2025-02-16T02:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T02:46:30","slug":"mahakumbh-economy-400-million-pilgrims-what-fuels-the-kumbh-melas-economic-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2025\/02\/16\/mahakumbh-economy-400-million-pilgrims-what-fuels-the-kumbh-melas-economic-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahakumbh Economy: 400 Million  Pilgrims\u2014What Fuels the Kumbh Mela&#8217;s Economic Engine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>INDIA, February 14, 2025 (YouTube): The Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj is not just a religious spectacle but an economic powerhouse, with 400 million devotees expected to fuel an estimated US$2.3 billion impact on Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s economy. From luxury tents priced at $1,153 per night to small vendors betting on 10-fold returns, the 40-day event is a convergence of faith, commerce, and opportunity. With 160,000  tents, high-profile sponsorships, and thousands of businesses vying for profits, this year&#8217;s Kumbh is set to transform the Ganga&#8217;s banks into a pulsating hub of spirituality and trade.<br><br>Video at source.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TVmhq2obBhY?si=BwVNeTRx32IG5aRY\n\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/TVmhq2obBhY?si=BwVNeTRx32IG5aRY<br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIA, February 14, 2025 (YouTube): The Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj is not just a religious spectacle but an economic,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21860,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21857\/revisions\/21860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}