Kumbh Mela is one of the fairs that is organized once in every 12 years in Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik, turn by turn. Hindus from various part of the globe visit Sangam which is found to be a place where 3 holy Rivers (Saraswati Yamuna and Ganga) meets up. Sangam is famous for its religious bath and for washing your sins away in the sacred river. Ardh Kumbh Mela in Prayag is known for attaining salvation from the never-ending cycle of death and life.
Celebrated once in twelve years, herds of devotees and sadhus found their way to dip in the sacred river and to free themselves from their sins and to find their ways to salvation. On visiting Ardh Kumbh Mela, one of the famous draws are the Urdhawavahurs (who expose their body parts to austerities), Kalpwasis (famous for taking baths thrice in a day) and Nagas (worldwide known as naked sadhus). The place full of enchanting mantras and rituals are worth seen and witnessing.
Ardh Kumbh is said to be organized in two place of India Haridwar and Allahabad (Prayag). The 2019, gives a chance to be a part of the Ardh Kumbh Mela to be held at Prayag a destination seated on the bank of Sarswati, Ganga and Yamuna confluence. A large gathering at Allahabad Ardh Kumbh Mela 2019, the devotees are allowed to have the experience the sight of Naga Sadhus, smeared with ash to the evening aartis to royal baths.
10 Surprising facts about the Kumbh Mela:
- The festival is about 2,000 years old, and the first documented description was recorded by Huan Tsang, a Chinese traveler to India in 629 -645 CE.
- The Kumbh Mela is said to be held on the respective dates when the water of rivers is converted into nectar. The dates are said to be calculated as a combination of position of Moon, Jupiter and Sun. As per the forecast for Ardh Kumbh 2019, the Mela is being organized from 15th January 2019 to 4th March 2019.
- Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest congregation, and record gathering of masses of more than 50-60 million believers. Explicitly stating the spirit of Hinduism as their way of living.It is said and believed one day and night spent in heaven equivalent to full one human year.
- The festivities and gravity of Kumbh Mela can be understood through Mahakumbh performed in 2013, marks its presence after 144 years have been recorded for footfall of more than 100 million devotees. Kumbh Festival was given the name as “biggest gathering on Earth.” Guinness book of world records has stated in their edition the Kumbh Mela as one of the “The Best Managed” events with 243 doctors on call, 30,000 security staff and police forces on duty, 40,000 urinals and lavatories, and 14 hospitals temporarily made with emergency facilities.
- Kumbh Mela major event has always been ritual bathing at the banks of sacred rivers. The Godavari in Nashik, Kshipra in Ujjain, Ganga in Haridwar and (convergence of Ganga, mythical river Saraswati and holy river the Yamuna) known as Sangam in Prayag.
- The approximate earning of Kumbh Mela was 12,000 crores or 120 billion INR. The fest is also said to be creating employment opportunities for 65,000 workers.
- Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO took several aerial shots of Kumbh Mela to improve management of festival in forthcoming years.
- Amrita Kumbher Sandhane, Documented Kumbh Mela in 1982, was the first Bengali feature film directed by Dilip Roy.
- Stark-naked Naga Sadhus participated in the festival.
- Akhara is the wrestling field in Kumbh Mela represents the custom and is found to be an association for different groups of vairagis, Yogis, Saints and others who are said to attained abstinence from various worldly pleasures. Vairagi Akhara represents devotees of Lord Vishnu, Shaiva Akharas are for Lord Shiva, and Lord Brahma devotees are depicted as Kalpwasis. Shree Punch is the central administrative body for Akhara and is a five-member body chosen in every Kumbh Mela.
As per Hindu mythology, those who bathe in the holy waters during Ardh Kumbh are blessed by divine. They get one step closer to salvation as all their sins are washed away.
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