Wednesday 1 May 2013
Saturday 16 February 2013
Maha Kumbh Mela
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The Meaning of Kumbh
The literal meaning of Kumbh is a pitcher, but its elemental meaning is something else. Even as a symbol of pitcher, Kumbh is synonymous with holy activities as in daily life a pitcher (or kalash) is an integral part of all sacred activities in Hindu culture, and this pitcher is a symbol of Kumbh.Holy scriptures say that in a pitcher, its mouth (opening) symbolizes the presence of Vishnu, its neck that of Rudra, the base of Brahama, all goddesses in the center and the entire oceans in the interior, thus encompassing all the four Vedas. This itself establishes the significance of the Kumbh as symbolized by the pitcher.
Kumbh
Facts
The Maha Kumbh Mela is
held every 12 years only at Allahabad
The Kumbh Mela is held
every 3 years in rotation at Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain
The Magh Mela – Mini
Kumbh is held every year at Allahabad
Maha Kumbh Mela 2001,
Allahabad – 54.2 Million pilgrims visited
Ardha (Half) Kumbh Mela
2007, Allahabad – 70.02 million pilgrims visited
Kumbh Mela 2010,
Haridwar – On April 14th (Last Shahi Snan) 16.4 million pilgrims visited on
this one day
Important
dates of the Maha Kumbh Mela 2013
14th
January Monday Makkar Sankrant
27th
January Sunday
Paush
Purnima
6th
February Wednesday Ekadashi Snan
10th
February Sunday Mauni Amavasya Snan (Main Bathing Day)
15th
February Friday Basant Panchami Snan
17th
February Sunday Rath
Saptami Snan
18th
February Monday Bhisma Ekadashi Snan
25th February Monday Maghi Purnima Snan
25th February Monday Maghi Purnima Snan
Wednesday 6 February 2013
ABOUT MAHA KUMBH MELA
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Kumbh Darshan - 2001
The Kumbh Festival – 2001 at Tirthraj Prayag began on the full moon night (Purnima) of the month of Paush. The Kumbh Festival is held at Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik every four years, but the Kumbh at Prayag has a special significance. The Kumbh Festival is marked by the fact that it is held at the banks of holy rivers every 12 years. In Prayag it is held on the banks of the rivers Ganga-Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Haridwar at Ganga and in Nasik at the Godavari. A great fair is held on these occasions on the banks of these rivers with a huge congregation of devoted pilgrims.
The Prayag Kumbh
This Kumbh is considered to be the most significant of all as it marks the direction of wisdom or light. This is the place where the sun, symbolizing wisdom, rises.Creation of the universe is supposed to have originated here and it is supposed to be the center of the earth. Prajapati Brahma, the God of Creation, is said to have created the Universe after conducting the Ashwamedh Yagna at the Dashashwamedh Ghat here. The Dashashwamedh Ghat and the Brahmeshwar Temple still exist here as if as symbols of that holy yagna, and that is another reason for the special significance of the Prayag Kumbh. In fact Prayag and Kumbh are synonymous to each other.
Saturday 26 January 2013
Khajuraho
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khajuraho temple |
Travel guide of Khajuraho
Unseen photos of Khajuraho