Posted on 08/19/2019 9:47:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Kumbh Mela is believed to be the largest religious gathering on the planet. It is held every 12 years in Utar Pardesh, the northern Indian state.
It is believed that in 2013, a sum of 30 million Hindu pilgrims gathered to bathe during the event.
In 2014, up to 17 milliopn from all around the world gathered in Iraq to commemorate the death of one of the grandsons of the Prophet Mohammed, Imam Hussain. The event takes place in Karbala, each year.
It is widely believed to be the largest funeral gathering in the human history. 15 million people attended the event in Chennai in memory of ex chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He was widely respected as a speaker and writer and he became extremely popular after making Tamil the official language of the state, rejecting Hindi.
Approximately, 10 million Iranians visited Tehran to mourn the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. Several of the attendees were crushed to death as the crowd became uncontrollable.
According to the head of planning agency, Manila, six million turned out to see the Pope in country, breaking the previous world record for a papal gathering of five million.
On January 15, 1995, over five million people took part in Pope John Paul II’s Sunday mass (World Youth Day). Pope had to be flown to the event by helicopter as the authorities were unable to navigate the crowds on the ground.
It is believed that five million people attended the funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian president in Cairo.
Rod Stewart attracted a crowd of three and a half million to his rock concert which was held in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2012, around three million people were estimated to reach Mecca to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. A lot of pilgrimages slept on the marble floor outside the Grand Mosque, the central point of Islamic faith.
It is believed that around three million people march through Rome to oppose the US-led invasion of Iraq. It is supposed to be one of the biggest anti-war marches in the history.
Laugh of the day!! LOLOLOLOL!! Thanks!
Enter in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be who go in there
Rod Stewart!!!!!!!!
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I saw Rod Stewart in August 1975 in Evansville, In. Sellout crowd of maybe 15,000. Tickets maybe $35.
No Donald Trump Campaign Rallies on the list?
Where do you think they pooped?
San Fransisco
I am sure it was huge, but it really is not that big of a space.
A few years ago, I went to a sporting event. About 2000 of us were corralled into 3 lines in a very small area for about 45 minutes before the event started.
And this was right after 2-3 hours of tailgating.
So 2000 people needed to pee really bad, but had no place to go.
Unless you were in the front of the line, you got pee all of your shoes. Women and men were peeing.
Needless to say, I’m not a big fan of big crowds.
So when I see pictures like this, or the Hong Kong pictures of 100,000 of people in the same place, I feel sorry for them.
I know what you mean. If I do not have to be in a crowd, I avoid them. I hate concerts. I hate rallies. I hate graduations.
I love my family. I do these things for them. If I had my way, I would be a hermit.
What about Indoor football?
Nationwide, 15 million (of a population of 84 million) turned out to demand the ouster of the Islamofascist Morsi, but they weren't all in the same place.
I noticed that Calypso Louie’s “Million Man March” didn’t make the list LMAO.
So true and I’m not in Southern California. Traffic from hell.
They’re forgetting the 300 Mexican soldiers at the Alamo. Not a record number but noteworthy because they all came in just three cars.
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