Kumbh Mela - The greatest pilgrimage of faith

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kumbh Mela is a mass pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather at a sacred river for a bath. It is held alternatively every three years at four places Haridwar, Allahabad, Nasik and Ujjain. In other words, Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places each twelfth year. The pilgrimage is held for almost two months at each of these four places where it is believed in Hinduism that four drops of a nectar of immortality fell from the golden pot Kumbh that god Vishnu took from demons during their twelve-day fight...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9786130150570
• ISBN: 978-613-0-15057-0
• No. of pages: 164
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions