Kumbh: The pop up city

Every twelfth year, the sleepy university town of Allahabad is transformed into a colossal tent city populated by millions of pilgrims. And it all seems to happen so fast. The waters of the Ganga and Yamuna slowly recede after the monsoon. A city grid is tattooed into the banks and shoals at the Sangam. Tents and temples pop up in October. Pontoon bridges stretch from one bank of the Ganga...

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