CURRENT AFFAIRS March-2019
MPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS March-2019 Compiled by Chetan Patil CURRENT AFFAIRS MARCH-2019 MPSC INTEGRATED BATCHES 2018-19 INTERNATIONAL,NATIONAL AND INDIA Prayagraj Kumbha Mela – makes World Records • Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 concluded on March 4, 2019 with the sixth and final "Shahi Snan" (royal bath) held on the occasion of Mahashivratri. • The single bathing festival of Mahashivratri is among the six main bathing festivals of the Kumbh. The other 5 bathing festivals of the Kumbh concluded successfully with more than 22 crore pilgrims taking a holy dip. • The world's largest religious and cultural human congregation, ‘Kumbh 2019’ began at Prayagraj (erstwhile Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh on January 15, 2019. • This 7-week event began with the holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers - Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. The first bathing was taken by saints and seers of different Akharas. Prayagraj Kumbh 2019 makes it to Guinness World Records: • This year, the Kumbh made it to the Guinness World Records in three sectors. A three member team from Guinness World Records visited the Prayagraj Kumbh for this purpose. • The Prayagraj Kumbh 2019 entered the Guiness Book of World Records for: • the largest traffic and crowd management plan • the biggest painting exercise of public sites under paint my city scheme • the biggest sanitation and waste disposal mechanism • All these Exercises were conducted before the team members of the Guinness World Records at a large scale for three days from February 28 to March 3, 2019. • Around 503 shuttle buses were pushed on the highway of Prayagraj in one go on February 28 for showcasing traffic management.
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