What Urban Planners Can Learn From A Couple Million Hindu Pilgrims

This year’s Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India was more than just a religious festival. It was the world’s biggest-ever pop-up city, with a population ranging (depending on the day) from 3 million or so to more than 20 million. And it was far cleaner, better organized, and more functional than India’s permanent cities.