The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from space.
The gathering was so huge that crowd was visible from the space. This image was captured during the worshiper worshiped in the gang, Sarswathi and yamuna river to wash away there sins. This image was captured by the "IKONOS Satelite" with a height of 403 miles above the earth and exactly 10.30 AM. This image is considered to be the first high resolution image from satellite.