section_path: Calendar, locations and preparation/Types
section_name: Types
paragraph_text: Types
  
  The Kumbh Mela are classified as:
  
  For the 2019 Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that the Ardh Kumbh Mela (organised every 6 years) will simply be known as "Kumbh Mela", and the Kumbh Mela (organised every 12 years) will be known as "Maha Kumbh Mela" ("Great Kumbh Mela"). The term Maha Kumbh Mela has also been used to publicise certain kumbha melas that are said to have had astrological attributes that would not be repeated for another 144 years, including the ones in 1954, 1989, 2001, and 2025.
  
  The Kumbh Mela are classified as:
  
  For the 2019 Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that the Ardh Kumbh Mela (organised every 6 years) will simply be known as "Kumbh Mela", and the Kumbh Mela (organised every 12 years) will be known as "Maha Kumbh Mela" ("Great Kumbh Mela"). The term Maha Kumbh Mela has also been used to publicise certain kumbha melas that are said to have had astrological attributes that would not be repeated for another 144 years, including the ones in 1954, 1989, 2001, and 2025.