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It is really hard to hear that someone never heard about the “Kumbh Mela”, it is the most peaceful gathering place in the world. It is a mass Hindu pilgrimage faith in which Hindu gathers to bathe in the sacred river, it is a festival where people gather from round the globe, that why it is the only festival where more than 120 million people gathers.
It is really hard to hear that someone never heard about the “Kumbh Mela”, it is the most peaceful gathering place in the world. It is a mass Hindu pilgrimage faith in which Hindu gathers to bathe in the sacred river, it is a festival where people gather from round the globe, that why it is the only festival where more than 120 million people gathers.
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The Religious & Sacred <strong>Kumbh</strong> <strong>Mela</strong> <strong>2016</strong> In <strong>Ujjain</strong><br />
It is really hard to hear that someone never heard about the <strong>Kumbh</strong> <strong>Mela</strong>, it is the most<br />
peaceful gathering place in the world. It is a mass Hindu pilgrimage faith in which Hindu<br />
gathers to bathe in the sacred river, it is a festival where people gather from round the<br />
globe, that why it is the only festival where more than 120 million people gathers.<br />
Traditionally, there are four fairs are extensively re<strong>co</strong>gnized as <strong>Kumbh</strong> <strong>Mela</strong>s (<strong>Mela</strong> means<br />
fair): the Haridwar <strong>Kumbh</strong> <strong>Mela</strong>, the Allahabad <strong>Kumbh</strong> <strong>Mela</strong>, the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar<br />
<strong>Simhastha</strong> and the <strong>Ujjain</strong> <strong>Simhastha</strong>. These four fairs are held periodically at one of the four<br />
places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayaga), Nashik district (Nashik and Trimbak) and<br />
<strong>Ujjain</strong>. The main festival site is located at the banks of these rivers – the Ganga at Haridwar,<br />
the Sangam (<strong>co</strong>nfluence) of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati at Allahabad; the<br />
Godavari at Nashik, the Shipra in <strong>Ujjain</strong>. Ac<strong>co</strong>rding to Hindu mythology bathing in these<br />
rivers is a thought to rinse all your sins.<br />
The <strong>Kumbh</strong> <strong>Mela</strong> is held in every 12 years at the given place, there is a difference of around<br />
three years in Haridwar and Nashik, and the fairs at Nashik and <strong>Ujjain</strong> are celebrated in the<br />
same year or one year apart.<br />
Exact time of the fair is determined by the Indian astrology, ac<strong>co</strong>rding to a <strong>co</strong>mbination<br />
zodiac position of the Jupiter, the Sun, and the Moon.<br />
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