[custom_adv] The Allahabad Kumbh Mela will kick start on January 15 with lakhs of naga saadhus and seers of several akharas taking a holy dip in the waters of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati at Sangam. [custom_adv] During the 55-day long event, people from across the world visit Allahabad to participate in the world’s largest religious gathering. As a part of Hindu rituals, devotees will perform special pujas and offer special prasad on the occasion. [custom_adv] This year, the government has announced that there won’t be any ban on the offering of cannabis and bhaang as prasad. When state minister Nand Gopal Gupta was asked about the use of items that are intoxicated in nature, he informed that the government has decided to allow cannabis and bhaang during the Kuma Mela 2019. [custom_adv] “It is a matter of religious faith. Out government is committed to ensuring that no one feels inconvenient. We have made all preparations to ensure Kumbh is organised at a grand manner and nobody’s religious sentiment is hurt,” he said. [custom_adv] The last time Allahabad had hosted Kumbh Mela was in 2013. The event became the largest religious gathering in the world that with 120 million visitors. In 2019, the city will host Ardh Kumbh. [custom_adv] It is expected that around 15 crore people will visit Allahabad between Janua15 and March 4. The next Kumbh Mela is scheduled for 2025. [custom_adv] Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government has invited Head of Missions, village heads across from the country for the Ardh Kumbh Mela. [custom_adv] The government has claimed that arrangements made for the Allahabad Kumbh Mela this year are the best ever done for any Mela in the world. [custom_adv] Special provisions have been made for the pilgrims for their movement, stay, food, parking, lighting and medical emergencies. Hygiene, sanitation and pilgrims’ conveniences have been given importance. [custom_adv] Meanwhile, the first solar eclipse of 2019 will take place on January 5-6. This will be a partial eclipse and will not be visible in India. [custom_adv] On January 21, a full lunar eclipse will take place. This too will not be visible in India because it will be daytime here. Get live Stock Prices from BSE and NSE and latest NAV, portfolio of Mutual Funds, calculate your tax by Income Tax Calculator, know market’s Top Gainers, Top Losers & Best Equity Funds. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. [custom_adv] Kumbh Mela NasikOne of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India is located in the holy city Trimbakeshwar. The place situated at a distance of 38 kilometers from Nashik and the origin of the Godavari river is also at Nasik. [custom_adv] Once in 12 years, the Simhastha Kumbh Mela organizes in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar.According to the historical proofs, Nashik is one of the four places where a few drops of nectar dropped from the nectar urn. [custom_adv] Thousands of pilgrims pray at the Kumbh Mela for the purification and salvation of their soul by taking a bath in the holy water of Godavari.The festival of Shivratri is also celebrated with great enthusiasm here. [custom_adv] Simhasth Ujjain SnanUjjain meant the city of victory and situated on the western border of Madhya Pradesh.It is about 55 km away from Indore, situated on the banks of the river Shipra. [custom_adv] Kumbh Mela in Ujjain held on the banks of Shipra river. Ujjain is one of the holy and religious places of India.According to Astrology, zero degree starts with Ujjain.Ujjain is one of seven sacred Moksha Puri or Satpura Puri according to the Annan Parv of Mahabharata. [custom_adv] Kumbh MelaKumbh Mela is the world’s most significant event where millions of people from different castes, religions, and regions, participate. [custom_adv] Kumbh, in the minds and spirits of every Indian. It believed that bathing in Kumbh removes all your past sins, and you becomes free from the bondage of death.Here other activities, religious discussions, devotional songs also organised in which anyone can participate. [custom_adv] Kumbh Mela is considered sacred in all the Hindu pilgrimages.The famous ancient traveler, Hsüan-Tsang of China, was the first person to mention Kumbh Mela in his diary. [custom_adv] In his diary, he mentioned the 75-day festival (Kumbh) held in the Hindu month Magha (January – February), which witnessed by the millions of saints, the common men, and kings. [custom_adv] Despite all the practical obstacles in caste, religion, region, the effect of the Kumbh Mela is on the minds and in fantasies of the familiar Indians. [custom_adv] With time, Kumbh has become the center of Hindu culture and faith.The rest are Ayodhya, Mathura, Haridwar, Kashi, Kanchipuram, and Dwarka. [custom_adv] There is a holy bath every day in the Maha Kumbh of Haridwar, which runs from Makar Sankranti to Vaishakh Purnima and also have a unique bath on some days.
