Beside India's holy rivers, a huge makeshift city is being built for a Hindu religious festival expected to be so vast that it will be seen from space.
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00:00My name is Babu Chand and I work here in Kumbh.
00:28I work here for 8 hours and earn Rs. 500 per day.
00:38There is no bigger gathering than this anywhere in the world.
00:57And the biggest thing is that no invitation is sent to anyone.
01:00People who come here without any invitation or without anyone's permission
01:06have a strong belief that the number of people is increasing day by day.
01:11This is the uniqueness of this place.
01:13The magnitude of the number of people is very big.
01:17And the fact that so many people come here without anyone's invitation
01:20and take a bath here and go back to their destination,
01:23this is the most unique thing.
01:25Yes, a city is built here.
01:27We are expecting around 35-40 crore people to come here throughout the year.
01:33So we have to prepare the city for their arrival, their journey and their unique experience.
01:40In this fair, we have started preparations two and a half years ago
01:44to strengthen the infrastructure of Prayagraj.
02:03We want our people to live happily.
02:18We want our kingdom to be happy.
02:20We want our country to become India.
02:22We want to see our people happy.
02:26We want to see our people happy.
02:30We want to see our people happy.
02:32That's why we come here.