Data collected from mobile phones point to what is the largest gathering in human history, reports a recent study conducted by Cornell University.
The Kumbh Mela takes place every 12 years on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, where Hindus gather to bathe in the sacred river.
It was previously known to be one of the world’s biggest gatherings, but now their is definitive proof of just how many people attended.
By gathering mobile phone records from 1 January to 31 March 2013, Cornell researcher Ian Barnett and his team were able to obtain over 400 million communication events, including 146 million texts and 245 million calls.
The team then cross-referenced these calls with area codes used and came to a massive 61 million peak attendees.
This makes it the largest gathering in the history of humanity.
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