This planetary position is said to medicate the waters of the Ganga and turn it into nectar on these days there by attracting millions to purify their inner self through holy bathing rituals. The Kumbh fair at Haridwar takes place when the Jupiter enters Aquarius and the Sun enters Aries. The Maha (Great) Kumbh Mela is celebrated after twelve Purna Kumbh Melas or 144 years, at Prayag.Īccording to astrologers the spiritual positioning of the planets too play an significant role. The Ardh (half) Kumbh Mela is celebrated every six years at Prayag and Haridwar and the Purna (Full) Kumbh Mela every twelve years. Hence the Mela is celebrated at these four places. According to mythology, when the "Samudra Manthan"- the churning of the oceans took place, Haridwar along with Ujjain, Nasik and Allahabad was one of four sites where drops of Amrit, the elixir of immortality fell out from the sacred kumbh (pot)as the gods and demons fought for possession. Mela refers to ‘a gathering’ or ‘a fair’ and Kumbh, in Sanskrit, literally means a pitcher. The Kumbh Mela is the single largest gathering of human beings at one place at any one time in the world.
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