Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: Helicopter Ride Under Rs 1,300 & Key Attractions

During the biggest Maha Kumbh Mela event taking place in 2025, a specially organized helicopter joyride has been introduced by the government-owned Pawan Hans. This religion- oriented celebration is to be held from January 13 to February 26. The fare is 1,296 rupees for flying in joy flights. The entire journey in the helicopter will be operated for a duration of 7 to 8 minutes.

Here are five things to know about this special helicopter ride at the Maha Kumbh Mela:

• You can now avail the joyride courtesy of Pawan Hans, which will cost you Rs. 1,296 per head; significantly cheaper than the formerly pricey Rs. 3,000 per seat.
• The Tourism Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Jaiveer Singh, informed that each ride would take between 7 and 8 minutes.
• According to the minister, this helicopter ride would be their ticket to a grand aerial view of the whole fair.
• Where to book? The bookings of this special helicopter ride can be done online at www.upstdc.co.in portal.
• Demand and weather would determine when such service would be available.

Other major attractions at the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela

Additionally, the Uttar Pradesh government has made special arrangements for water sports and adventure sports activities during the Maha Kumbh festival.

A special drone show will be organised from January 24 to January 26.

There is another important tourist attraction there, a water laser show. As per the official schedule, eminent singers Shankar Mahadevan and Mohit Chauhan will perform on different days. Shankar Mahadevan will inaugurate the 'Ganga pandal' and Mohit will perform on 24th February.

Here's a date-wise list of some of the key performances at the grand 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 renowned artists