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 | | Kumbh Mela (especially the Maha Kumbh Mela) is the most sacred of all the Hindu pilgrimages. | | | When the Kumbh Mela was held in Nashik, India, from July 27 to September 7, 2003, 39 pilgrims (28 women and 11 men) were trampled to death and 57 were injured. | | | Thousands of holy men and women (monks, saints and sadhus) attend, and the auspiciousness of the festival is in part attributable to this. |
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| | Kumbh Mela - IndiaExpress |
| | The Kumbh is not without its spiritual debates and disputes of divinity. | | | This tallies with the Hindu belief that Lord Shiva has instructed the heads of his four 'maths' to always meet at the Kumbh mela to discuss the mutual affairs and that is how the Sadhus of every denomination congregate from all over the country. | | | Located 250 kms away from Delhi, accessible by both rail and road, Haridwar is one of the seven sacred cities of India where the Hindus congregate round the year to bathe in the Ganga, particularly at Hari-ki-pauri. |
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| | indiayogi.com - Festivals - Maha Kumbh Mela - The Holy Dip |
| | Kumbh Mela is the time when mortals gather to bathe in the four drops of nectar that were dropped in the four holy cities of Allahabad, Hardwar, Ujjain and Nasik during the tug of war that ensued during the churning of the seas by gods and demons. | | | The most auspicious day for the ritual bath at Kumbh is on the day of the new moon. | | | Then there are devotees who throng the holy city throughout the year and wash themselves, in the belief that the waters of the river will cleanse them off their sins. |
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| | The Maha Kumbh Mela 2001 |
| | Kumbh Mela is the largest gathering of gurus, sadhus and holy men. | | | The most ferocious and exotic of the sadhus who come to the Mahakumbh Mela are the Nagas (the Naked Ones), the militant wing of the sect, the defenders of the faith. | | | Nevertheless, as Dhanwantari, the divine healer, appeared with the "Kumbh" containing nectar in his palms, a great fight followed between the gods and the demons to wrest the pitcher. |
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| | Kumbh Mela after 6 years or 12 years is the, proportional gain in the Maghi Mela held at Parayag every year during the month of Magh (January-February) when lakhs of pilgrims from all over India assemble to have a dip in the holy waters of Parayag, in an attempt to wash away all their sins. | | | Kumbh Mela is a very big festival, participated by millions of people taking a dip in the sacred waters at Haridwar, Parayag, Ujjain and Nasik. | | | Probably it was king Harsavardhan who was the initiator of this assembly (Mela). |
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| | The Hindu : Kumbh Mela begins at T. Narsipur |
| | Though the Kumbh Mela held at Ujjain, Nasik, Prayag, and Haridwar is lost in the antiquity of time, the faithful trace its origin to the churning of the ocean by the gods and the asuras or demons in quest for nectar. | | | Acharya Shankara is considered to have lent his blessings to Kumbh Melas and considered them significant due to the congregation of people of various faiths. | | | However, none of the great congregations was ever held in the South and the only equivalent of the Kumbh Mela of the north is equated with the Mahamakhana that is observed once in 12 years at Kumbakonam on the banks of the Cauvery and is reckoned to have a hoary past. |
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| | It is believed that the gods became emaciated as a result of the curse by a saint and wanted to regain their old strength and vigour by drinking the nectar. | | | As each divine day is reckoned to be equivalent to an earth year, the KUMBH MELA is celebrated once in twelve years at each of these four places. | | | Hindus regard that a dip in the holy Ganga specially at Haradwar which is believed to be the gangadwar of ancient mythology. |
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| | Kumbh Mela 2001 Copyright Karl Grobl |
| | Hindus believe that during this year's Kumbh Mela a bath in the Sangam (the holy confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers) will cleanse them of their sins, and grant an escape from the endless cycle of reincarnation. | | | By the time the 2001 Kumbh Mela ends on February 21st, approximately 70 million saints, sinners, Sadhus, faith healers, preachers, gurus, charlatans and devotees from across India and the world will have participated in perhaps the single most colossal gathering of humanity since the dawn of time. | | | In Hindu mythology, Gods and demons fought over the pot (Kumbh) of the divine nectar of immortality. |
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| | Simhastha Kumbh, Kumbha Mela, Simhastha Kumbh 2004 Tours in Ujjain India |
| | The earliest account of Kumbh Mela dates from around AD 1500, though the general belief is that the festival goes back to the dawn of the universe. | | | An incredible spectacle, Kumbh Mela is the time when the sages, masters, yogis, saints and sadhus come down from their sacred abodes in the Himalayas. | | | A holy dip in the Kumbh purifies the sins thereby achieving salvation. |
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| | Hindutva Series - Bathing Festival of Mahakumbh at Prayaga (Allahabad) |
| | The bathing at the Kumbh Mela is one such practice that has a grand following. | | | And it is a belief among the devout among the Hindus that a bath at the sacred spot at the auspicious time would wash off all sins of a person and would purify him/her. | | | It is a belief that the nectar has sanctified these four places, so much so that a bath at these places at the sactioned time purifies the body and soul. |
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| | For them the Maha Kumbh Mela is of great significance, because they are the first ones to take the holy dip in the Ganga on the most auspicious day during shahi snan, the “royal bath”, which marks the climax of the festival. | | | So Brahma decided that a dip of the holy men, the Sadhus, during the Maha Kumbh Mela would purify her again and again” the lawyer narrates. | | | At the end the pilgrims fetch holy water from the river for their puja, the prayers at home, as well as for relatives and friends. |
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| | The Kumbh mela of this one-month was no ordinary religious gathering, taking place as it did, in the wake of the RSS-VHP threat to galvanise its Hindutva army for another onslaught at Ayodhya. | | | THE Kumbh mela at Allahabad was not just another religious gathering we are told. | | | The kumbh also signified resentment but resignation, by different sects in the face of the VHP’s efforts to present the kumbh as a showcase of a unified monolithic Hinduism. |
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| | Kumbh Mela --- A CWM publication online! |
| | The Maha Kumbh Mela (literally translating to `big pot fair') is a time when Sadhus, pilgrims and devotees converge to commemorate this divine event. | | | Apart from taking a holy dip in the Ganges, the aim of the Hindu pilgrims is to have the Darshan ("vision") of a Sadhu in order to receive their spiritual energy. | | | "The festival of the Kumbh Mela is based on the ancient Hindu teachings that describe the earliest days of the universe. |
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| | A huge mela (fair) is held at each of the four places the sacred nectar fell once every 12 years (since one day in the life of the gods equates to 12 years in the life of mortals). | | | The Allahabad Kumbh Mela is the largest and holiest mela of them all - some say the largest religious gathering that takes place anywhere on earth. | | | The event is noted for the huge number of Hindu holy men it attracts, especially the naked sadhus or nagas of militant Hindu monastic orders. |
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| | The goal of the bathers at the Hardwar Kumbh Mela is a ghat of the Ganges known as the Brahma Kund, which is sometimes held to be a place where some of the ambrosia of immortality was spilled in the primeval tug of war between the gods and demons. | | | Prominent among the religious groups that regularly return to the Kumbh every twelve years are those from renunciant communities. | | | On the main bathing day they lead pilgrims in the millions in a parade from the camp down to the ghat to bathe in the Ganges. |
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| | It is believed that the holy dip washes away all the sins and the cycle of rebirth and death ends as the soul becomes divine. | | | Besides the Naga sadhus and saints, there are Urdhwavahurs who practice severe physical austerities, the Parivajakas, who live under a vow of silence, the Shirshasins who stand all 24 hours and meditate for long hours, the Kalpvasis, who meditate and perform rituals at the banks of the holy Ganga. | | | They have a belief that a dip in the sacred waters on the auspicious day would cleanse them of all the sins ensuring salvation. |
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| | Zenzibar Special Report: Kumbha Mela 2001 |
| | It brings to an end the cycle of this Kumbh Mela and, with its conclusion, thousands of pilgrims called Kalpvasis, who have spent weeks here will now be packing up and going home. | | | This is based on my experience of seeing the numbers and the flow on this day and comparing it with the other bathing days on 9th and 14th January. | | | Not many came from other states making this the most local event of the whole 44 day Kumbh Mela. |
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| | Pilot Guides.com: Kumbh Mela Bathing Festival, India |
| | The Kumbh Mela is a religious festival not a tourist spectacle, and your behaviour should reflect this. | | | The basic point of the Kumbh Mela is for pilgrims to bathe at certain sacred spots on certain auspicious days. | | | On the main bathing days you could be stuck in crushes of people for hours. |
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| | Bawarchi: Indian Festivals: Mauni Amavasya and Kumbh Mela |
| | The rook took twelve days to reach heaven from the milky ocean and as each divine day is reckoned equal to an earth year, the Kumbh Mela is celebrated once in twelve years at each of these four places. | | | Kumbh Mela most important fairs of India comes once in twelve years. | | | The essence is by observing the vrat of silence and fasts on the Mauni Amavasya day, one is blessed by God and attains happiness in life. |
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| | Kumbh Mela comes at the time when Sun, Jupiter and Moon are at specific position on the Hindu Sidereal zodiac. | | | The origin of the Kumbh is very old and dates back to the time when Amrita Kalasha (pot of nectar of immortality) was recovered from Samudramanthan (during the churning of the primordial sea), for which a tense war between Devtas (Gods) and Asuras (Demons) ensued. | | | Origin of the Kumbh is perhaps as old as Hindu (amrit - kalasha) was recovered from Samudrmanthan for which a tense war between Devtas (Gods) and Asuras (Demons) was eminent. |
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| | What is the Kumbh Mela? |
| | During the Hindu festival, Kumbh Mela, millions of people congregate to bathe in the waters of certain rivers on auspicious days to cleanse their souls. | | | Based on the ancient doings of gods who consecrated four sites along the banks of rivers with the honey of immortality, Kumbh Mela is the Hindu equivalent of a holy pilgrimage. | | | Yet the gods fought over who got to carry the pot, and in the process, four drops fell at four different places. |
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| | Origin Kumbh Mela Nashik 2003-2004 kumbhamela kumbha mela kumb Nasik |
| | A long time ago the gods and demons made a concerted effort to churn the ocean to extract its elixir, the amrit or the water of life. | | | Another story relates how Garuda, the sacred mount of Vishnu, spilled the amrit four times at the four places where the Kumbh Mela festival is now held. | | | > India Travels & Festivals > Kumbh Mela Nashik 2003-2004 > The origin of the Kumbh Mela Festival |
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| | Kumbh Mela 2004 - World Peace Campaign - Mahayogi Pilotbaba |
| | T hough written record appears in diaries of travellers circa 500 AD and onward, it is known to be as ancient as religion itself. | | | Does it mean that the Kumbh Mela is a ritual or a religious affair? | | | So, a fair where the bliss, peace, love, compassion would be showered on masses from space, who participate and take holy bath on the pre-decided dates at the significant places. |
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| | The Kumbh Mela Today – A Festival for All |
| | Perhaps this added inward sense of connection is due in part to the sanctity this place has been endowed with over the millennia and the piety and innocent faith the millions of India& children continue to bring with them to this hallowed place. | | | Beneath the surface of this event, in thousands of tents, sages, saints and devotees are praying, meditating, chanting, reading the holy scriptures and volunteering to serve in various capacities. | | | There used to be a time when the sandbanks of the Ganga here in Allahabad were made available free to groups and congregations to set up camp. |
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http://www.zenzibar.com/articles/kumbhamela/kumbh_mela_today.asp
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| | BBC News SOUTH ASIA Kumbh Mela: A personal pilgrimage |
| | The faithful believe that those who take a dip in the holy Ganges during this time not only wash away their sins, but also earn blessings equivalent to a million pious deeds. | | | According to the myth, the gods, led by Lord Indra, were about to lose their great war against the demon king, Bali. | | | The Hindu faithful worship almost all elements of the universe, nature and humanity. |
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| | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela |
| | The Kumbh Mela ends with a ceremonial bathing in the Ganges River by all of the pilgrims, and it's quite a spectacle to watch. | | | Every four years, at last count anywhere from thirty to seventy million people will trek to one of four rotating cities in India for a spiritual festival. | | | When the directors focus on the festival and its adherents and less on Summers and some of the other Americans, Short Cut to Nirvana works. |
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| | Maha Kumbh Mela,India Maha Kumbh Mela,Mahal Kumbh Fair in India |
| | It is believed that taking a holy dip at the Sangam cleanses the soul, washes away all the sins and thus, grants Moksha or salvation to the soul. | | | Being the largest human gathering in the history of the world, the Maha Kumbh Mela, offers a reaffirmation of faith for all humans. | | | According to the ancient mythology, the planets align every 12 years and millions come together for holy bathing rituals in the Kumbh Mela. |
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| | Priests threaten Kumbh Mela boycott - Sify.com |
| | Thirteen religious schools of priests have threatened to boycott the baths at the “Kumbh Mela”, which kicked off on Wednesday. | | | Trimbakeshwar: Hundreds of priests warned that they were considering boycotting holy baths during the Kumbh Mela to protest a government decision to acquire property belonging to temple trusts. | | | Up to five million devotees will plunge into the river Godavari over the next month, with holy dips scheduled for the auspicious dates of August 17 and 27 and September 1 in the town of Nashik and August 12 and 27 and September 7 in the town of Trimbakeshwar, nearly 300 km north of Mumbai. |
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| | This mammoth festival is a salute to the ancient Hindu ritual of taking a dip in the holy river, which is said to break the cycle of death and rebirth. | | | It can be described as is an affirmation of faith, an enacting of a ritual, a deeply religious tribute to Hinduism or simply a way of life. | | | Though all the rituals associated with the Simhastha are interesting, particularly striking to observe, are the thousands of Sadhus (holy men) that come part n parcel with the festival. |
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| | BBC News SOUTH ASIA Pilgrimage to Maha Kumbh Mela |
| | Millions of Hindus from around the world have been arriving in the northern Indian city of Allahabad to take part in the "Kumbh Mela" or Pitcher festival which takes place once every 12 years and is the most important spiritual event in the Hindu calender. | | | The government estimates that up to 70 million people will be bathing in the holy waters over the next six weeks to cleanse themselves spiritually and to worship at the sacred site. | | | The Chudasama family from Leicester will be among the millions of pilgrims going to India from around the world. |
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| | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela - PittsburghLIVE.com |
| | The Kumbh Mela, a spiritual pilgrimage, occurs every 12 years, rotating among four cities on India's Ganges River. | | | It's all but impossible on the basis of what we're shown and told in "Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela" how to separate the spirituality from the circus. | | | "Short Cut to Nirvana" offers Kumbh Mela background at the beginning but little discernible structure thereafter. |
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| | Webindia123.com - Festivals-Kumbh Mela |
| | The Kumbh Mela, believed to be the largest religious gathering on earth is held every 12 years on the banks of the 'Sangam'- the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswathi. | | | A holy dip in the sacred waters is believed to cleanse the soul. | | | Lord Vishnu, disguising himself as an enchantress (Mohini), seized the nectar from the demons. |
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| | News: Vox Populi |
| | I have lived in India for 22 years (Pune) and have read about the Kumbh Mela and how the influx has grown over the years from hundreds to thousands to millions and now its going to be about 70 million expected to take a dip in the 'holy waters' this year. | | | They come from far and near, to wash away all the sins and at the same time watch helplessly what thir sadhus or gurus are upto. | | | Infact there are thousands of people who want to follow some faith and learn from the Indian culture. |
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| | Short Cut to Nirvana - A Documentary about the Kumbh Mela Hindu Spiritual Festival |
| | SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA is an award-winning documentary about the Kumbh Mela spiritual festival which takes place near Allahabad, India, every 12 years. | | | The Kumbh Mela also happens to be the biggest gathering in history, attracting 70 million pilgrims! | | | In our DVD you'll find 75 minutes of extra features, including an address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and extended discourses by several spiritual teachers at the Kumbh Mela. |
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| | The basic point of the Kumbh Mela is for pilgrims to bathe at certain sacred spots on certain auspicious days. | | | Kumbh Mela is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage and bathing festival that takes place at the following 4 locations of India: | | | The Maha Kumbh Mela ("great festival of the pot of nectar of immortality") is held every three years in each of four different locations, returning to each of four places every twelve years. |
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| | TConline: Kumbh Mela: What’s all the commotion about? |
| | Day dawns on the river Shipra as Hindu believers takes a “holy dip” with millions of others during Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, India. | | | Gurus of every description hold forth in their camps, competing over loudspeakers with other chanting swamis for the devotion of the faithful. | | | Hindu legends recount an epic 12-year battle, during which the gods and demons fought over an |
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| | rediff.com: Ujjain's Simhastha Kumbh Mela |
| | he Kumbh Mela is among the holiest festivals of India. | | | Millions gather at these spots -- Allahabad, Nashik, Ujjain and Hardwar -- every 12 years (one year for every day of the celestial battle) to take a dip in the holy waters and break the cycle of death and rebirth. | | | Given its significance, the month-long Kumbh Mela attracts people from all over. |
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| | TIMEasia.com: Photo Essay -- India's Kumbh Mela Festival |
| | The Maha Kumbh Mela (great urn fair) is the greatest festival in the Hindu religious calendar -- a holy gathering at the confluence of India's Ganges and Yamuna rivers. | | | Lasting 42 days, it is held every 12 years and brings together the faithful from across all India -- businessmen, priests, farmers, widows... | | | It is rotated among four sites where a God on his way to heaven is believed to have accidentally spilled an urn containing the nectar of eternal life. |
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| | rediff.com: Kumbh Mela 2001 |
| | Sonia allowed to have holy dip at Kumbh | | | Cox and Kings hearing adjourned to Jan 20 | | | 8 million take holy dip at Kumbh: PTI |
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| | Ujjain to take sheen out of Hardwar Ardh Kumbh Mela - Deccan Herald |
| | A four-month long Ardh Kumbh Mela begins here on January 14 with the state administration in Uttaranchal making final preparations for the event that is likely to attract tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the country. | | | Nevertheless the state administration is claiming that nearly 50 lakh to one crore pilgrims are expected to take holy dip during the mela in which there will be 12 “snan” (bathing days). | | | However it is believed that Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, which is hosting the Purn Kumbh Mela at the same time, is likely to overshadow the Ardh Kumbh Mela here with pandas and purohits not expecting a big gathering at Hardwar. |
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| | Hundreds of thousands of yogis, sadhus and pilgrims come to take a holy dip in the Ganges during this important Hindu spiritual gathering. | | | As the gods and demons struggled for possession of this precious liquid, drops fell at 12 places in the world. | | | Each year, after attending the mela, we visit other important Hindu sites including the ancient caves at Aurangabad, Lucknow-- from where we can visit Ayodhya (one of Hinduism's 7 holy cities), Allahabad and Varanasi. |
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| | The Kumbh Mela Home Page: Hindu Pilgrimage in Contemporary India | | | __ "A remarkable phenomenon -- one of the largest gatherings in human history..."..."On 6 February 1989 an estimated fifteen million pilgrims traveled to Allahabad in India on the occasion of the most recent full Kumbh Mela there. |
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| | Nashik Kumbh Mela - Compare Prices & Reviews at Smarter |
| | Experience the teachings and blessings of the Kumbh Mela through Short Cut to Nirvana. | | | This is an award winning documentary about the Kumbh Mela spiritual festival. | | | Please let us know by filling out a simple form |
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| | New Scientist Breaking News - Kumbh Mela |
| | Over 70 million people are expected to attend a Hindu spiritual event in northern India called the Maha Kumbh Mela. | | | The pilgrims gather at a sacred location on the Ganges River, 15 kilometres from Allahabad, for more than a month of bathing rituals. | | | The largest human gathering ever has been photographed from space by a high resolution imaging satellite. |
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| | IMB Photo Gallery: Kumbh Mela: Hinduism’s biggest festival |
| | A bathing pilgrim at the 2004 Kumbh Mela chants in ecstasy, flinging handfuls of water toward the sky and clasping his hands in prayer as the glistening droplets fall back into the tide. | | | IMB Photo Gallery: Kumbh Mela: Hinduism’s biggest festival |
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| | BBC News SCI/TECH Kumbh Mela pictured from space |
| | The Kumbh is held at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where Hindu scriptures say the gods spilt a drop of the elixir of immortality. | | | The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Grand Pitcher Festival, takes place every 12 years in Northern India and sees millions of devotees bathe in the Ganges to purify their sins. | | | What is probably the largest human gathering in history has been imaged from space. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1137000/1137833.stm
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