Kumbh Mela - Burning Man is amateur hour compared to this

[RobertH]

Yeah, it was a good one - I read it at age 18, back when dinosaurs still roamed the earth.
Glad I'm not the only one who remembers it.
I don't remember the Kumbh Mela part in it, however if we ever get the time portal running, 
it would be beautiful to compare how it was 100 years ago to 2001, with cell phones, boom boxes 
and big screen TVs broadcasting gurus.

I first heard about Kumbh Mela in the book, The Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda.  If the subject of Kumbh Mela interests you, read that book. It is in my top ten of the greatest spiritual books of all time.  Another great book is “The Holy Science” by Sri Yukteswar, Yogananda’s guru and mentor. 

Thanks for the link to the video.