Anand Mahindra shares Harvard professor’s thoughts on Mahakumbh Mela 2025: From robots, Chai to NASA-style control rooms

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2025-01-22 09:36:27 :

Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group, shared a blog post by a Harvard University professor highlighting the fusion of tradition and modernity at the Mahakumbh Mela 2025.

In a post on social media platform Part of the blog “Robotics at the Kumbh Mela”.

His everyday observations provide a fascinating perspective on what goes on there…

This blog version is particularly interesting and worth sharing with everyone,” Mahindra wrote.

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 Blog

Check out the blog shared by Anand Mahindra for some insights.

Khanna said: “Mahakumbh 2025 is taking place in India, it is the largest gathering of mankind in one place, with 250 million people attending in a few weeks, and the peak daily attendance may reach 50 million people in a pop-up city ”

He shared a picture of the paratroopers deployed to provide security at the Mahakumbh Mela 2025.

“The ‘city’ itself is a wonder, built on the banks of a regularly receding holy river and eventually dismantled in an ecologically efficient manner. Pictured here is an Indian paratrooper commando deployed for the security of the holy gathering,” Khanna added road.

He highlighted how the party’s security was supported by NASA-style infrastructure.

“They are supported by a space-age surveillance infrastructure – NASA-style control rooms plus reconnaissance and surveillance drones and distributed sensors – primarily for troubleshooting and, of course, if needed,” Khanna said. It also ensures safety.”

He also appreciated the milk tea offered by Chaipoint at the Mahakumbh Mela 2025 and how it challenged Starbucks.

“A combination of traditional sacred activities with modern technology. The most interesting thing was the soldiers serving steaming cups of chai, the daily drink of choice in India,” he added.

“Chaipoint is a startup selected by the government and will serve around 200,000 cups of tea in Kumbh. The shops are also pop-up shops and the tea is made by state-of-the-art robots and is best-in-class globally at very low offers consistency and high quality at a great price. Enjoy Starbucks traditional chai tea once again combined with modern technology,” Khanna said.

Mahakum Mela 2025

Mahakumbh Mela 2025 will be held from January 13 to February 26 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. This is one of the largest religious events in the world, held every 12 years.

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