This annual offering involves four million women, one goddess, and incredible quantities of rice pudding.

Source: Atlas Obscura

On most days, women in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India, are not safe alone on the street after dark. But on the ninth day of Attukal Pongala, a festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Bhadrakali, four million women from all over the country fill 15 miles’ worth of the city’s streets for almost 24 hours.

This spiritual gathering of females—considered to be the largest in the world—centers around an offering made to the goddess, who also goes by Attukal Amma (or “Mother”). Her desire? A simple rice pudding.

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