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There will be a total of 9 Ganga Snan this year in Kumbh Mela at Haridwar 2021:ġ. Fourth Shahi Snan – 27th April – Baisakh Purnima Third Shahi Snan – 14th April – Makar SankrantiĤ. Second Shahi Snan – 12th April – Somvati Amavasyaģ. First Shahi Snan – 11th March – ShivratriĢ. It’s said that bathing in these holy rivers is a means to prayascitta (Atonement, penance) for past mistakes, And cleanses the sins of human beings.ĭates of four Shahi Snans in Kumbh mela at Haridwar 2021.ġ.
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Kumbh Mela is a major Hindu festival and pilgrimage which is celebrated in A cycle of 12 year at four holy river banks: Prayagraj (Ganga, Yamuna & Saraswati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipira). Maha Khumbh Mela 2021 will begin from January 14 at Haridwar and will continue till April 2021. > Maha Kumbh Mela – held only at Allahabad every 144 years. > Purna Kumbh Mela – held only at Allahabad every 12 years. > Ardh Kumbh Mela – held at Haridwar and Allahabad every 6 years. > Kumbh Mela – held at all four places every 3 years. The venue for Kumbh Mela is decided according to the position of the Sun, Moon And Jupiter held in that period in different zodiac signs. It is organized in the month of Magh according to the Hindu Calendar. Magh Kumbh Mela– It is also known as Mini Kumbh Mela which is held annually and only at Prayagraj. Millions of people participate with spiritual enthusiasm. Kumbh Mela – Held at four different places and is organized by the state governments. Ardh Kumbh Mela– It means Half Kumbh Mela which is held every 6 years in India only at two places i.e.
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It rotates every 12 years at these 4 places. Mainly held at 4 Kumbh Mela places in India i.e. Purna Kumbh Mela-It comes every 12 years. It comes every 144 years or after 12 Purna (complete) Kumbh Mela. There are types of Kumbh Melas- Maha Kumbh Mela-It is held only in Prayagraj. After crossing through many hurdles years later, Dhanwantari appeared with the nectar of immortality in her hands. The churning of the milk ocean produced a deadly poison which Lord Shiva drank without being affected. The Devtas and the demons then assembled on the shore of the milk ocean that lies in the celestial region of the cosmos. The history of Kumbh Mela is related to the days when the Devtas and the Demons conjointly produced nectar of immortality in half. The name Kumbh is derived from the immortal pot of nectar which the Devtas and the Demons fought over as described in ancient Vedic scriptures known as the Puranas. These places are Haridwar on the Ganga in the Uttarakhand, Ujjain on the Shipra river in Madhya Pradesh, Nashik on the Godavari river in Maharashtra and Prayagraj at the confluence of three rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati in the Uttar Pradesh. The location of the festival keeps rotating between four pilgrimage sites situated on the banks of the holy rivers. This year there will be a total of 4 Shahi Snan and 9 Ganga Snan in Kumbh Mela.Īccording to Hindu mythology, Kumbh Mela is an important and religious festival which is celebrated four times over the course of 12 years. No doubt it is the largest gathering of faith in which from the whole of the world people participate and take bathes in the sacred or holy river. This year kumbh mela will be held from january 14 and continue till april in Haridwar. Kumbh mela has its own religious importance which is held at Haridwar, Allahabad, Ujjain and Nasik every 12 years in cycle, however, this year the festival will be held in its 11th year because of some planetary movements.