Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: Helicopter ride under Rs 1,300? Few of the main attractions are in the main festival
Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: State-owned Pawan Hans is offering a special helicopter ride service for the 2025 mega Maha Kumbh Mela, scheduled to take place from January 13 to February 26. As part of the service, visitors will be able to enjoy a joyride for a helicopter for Rs 1,296. This special helicopter tour will operate for 7-8 minutes.
Pawan Hans is a Miniratna public sector employee (PSU).
Here are five things you should know about this special Maha Kumbh Mela helicopter tour:
- The joyride, driven by Pawan Hans, will be available for Rs 1,296 per person. This marks a significant reduction from the earlier fixed amount of Rs 3,000 per person.
- Uttar Pradesh Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh said each helicopter ride will take 7-8 minutes.
- A helicopter ride will enable passengers to get an aerial view of the main event, according to the minister.
- Where can you book? Booking for this special helicopter tour will be available online at the portal www.upstdc.co.in.
- Service availability will depend on demand and weather conditions.
Some major attractions in 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela
Additionally, the UP government has also made arrangements related to water sports- and adventure sports-related activities on the occasion of Maha Kumbh.
A special drone exhibition will be organized from January 24 to January 26.
Another attraction of this festival is the water laser show.
Several prominent artists are scheduled to perform at the Maha Kumbh Mela, including singers Shankar Mahadevan and Mohit Chauhan.
Mahadevan will inaugurate the ‘Ganga pandal’ at the event, while Chauhan will perform on February 24.
Here is a date-wise list of some of the key matches in the main event:
- January 16: Shankar Mahadevan and Ravi Shankar
- January 17: Mahesh Kale and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
- January 18: Parvathy Baul and Vinayak Torvi
- January 19: Saunak Chattopadhyay and Ulhas Kashalkar
- January 20: Ramchandra and Kumar Vishwas
- January 21: Kumar Vishwas and Ronu Majumdar
- January 22: Pratibha Singh Baghel and Kumar Vishwas
- January 24: Puru Dadhich
- January 25: Ravi Tripathi and Shovana Narayan
- January 26: Sadhana Sargam and Deepika Reddy
- January 27: Malini Awasthi
- January 31: Hema Malini and Rajani-Gayatri
- February 7: Dona Ganguly and Yogesh Gandharv
- February 8: Kavita Krishnamurthy and Dr L. Subramaniam
- February 9: Suresh Wadkar and Sonal Mansingh
- February 10: Hariharan
- February 14: Navdeep Wadali and Banashree Rao
- February 15: Devamitra Sengupta and Ranjana Gauhar
- February 17: Nitin Mukesh and Anitha Guha
- February 21: Kavita Seth and Uma Maheshwari
- February 23: Kailash Kher and Sharmila Vishwas
- February 24: Mohit Chauhan and other famous singers
