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Most of the visitors to the Maha Kumbh Mela sleep on simple foam mattresses inside tents in the tent city for 100 rupees ($1.15) per night. Others choose to sleep outside, huddled with their families near the bank of the river. The Maha Kumbh Mela is expected to attract 400 million pilgrims from across India during its six-week festival that happens once every 12 years. It is the largest gathering of humanity on the planet.

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Most of the visitors to the Maha Kumbh Mela sleep on simple foam mattresses inside tents in the tent city for 100 rupees ($1.15) per night. Others choose to sleep outside, huddled with their families near the bank of the river. The Maha Kumbh Mela is expected to attract 400 million pilgrims from across India during its six-week festival that happens once every 12 years. It is the largest gathering of humanity on the planet.

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