The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage under UNESCO has inscribed ´Kumbh Mela´ on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during its 12th session being held at Jeju, South Korea
The committee observed that 'Kumbh Mela' is the largest peaceful congregation of pilgrims on earth and the festival is held in Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik which takes place once in every 12 years.
This inscription is the third in two years following the inscriptions of ‘Yoga’ and ‘Norouz’
The bart of pizza twirling from Naples, Southern Italy also joined in UNESCO’s list of “intangible heritage”.