Thursday 31 January 2013

Kumbh Mela 2013 | Accommodation | Important Dates

Kumbh Mela (India) is the greatest pilgrimage and biggest festival in the Hindu religion. This event is a combination of both religious and cultural spectacle which occurs once in 12 years. Attracting crores of participants from all over the world to take a dip in the holy waters of Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati to vanish their sins.
Maha Kumbh Festival or Maha Kumbh Mela 2013 is speculated to be one of the biggest and largest congregations in the mankind history. As per records, around 70 million people attended last Maha Kumbh.
Kumbh Mela 2013 images pictures wallpapers

The Mela alternates between Nasik, Allahabad, Ujjain and Haridwar every three years. The one celebrated at the Holy Sangam(the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati) in Allahabad is the largest and holiest of them.

Kumbh 2013
will be for 55 days, but Kumbh 2001 was for 44 days. The following are the more auspicious days to have a dip in the Sangam, more than a crore people expected in these days.

Important Days of Kumbh Mela 2013

Makar Sankranti14.1.2013
Paush Purnima27.1.2013
Mauni Amawasya10.2.2013
Vasant Panchami15.2.2013
Maghi Purnima25.2.2013
Maha Shivratri10.3.2013

Kumbh Prayag images pictures wallpapers

The credit goes that the demigods had lost their strength by the curse of Durväsä Muni, and to regain it, they approached Lord Shiva & 
Lord Brahma. They directed all the demigods to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vishnu (full story on kumbh mela) and after praying to Lord Vishnu, he gave some instructions to them to churn the - Ksheera Sagara (primordial ocean of milk) to receive amrita (the nectar of immortality). This required them to make a temporary agreement with their arch enemies, the demons or Asuras, to work together with a promise of sharing the wealth equally thereafter.However, when the Kumbha (urn) containing the amrita appeared, a fight ensued. For twelve days and twelve nights (equivalent to twelve human years) the gods and demons fought in the sky for the pot of amrita. It is believed that during the battle, Lord Vishnu (incarnated as Mohini-Mürti) flew away with the Kumbha of elixir spilling drops of amrita at four places: Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik.
Accommodation Kumbh Prayag 2013


Accommodation at Kumbh:
Rahi llawart Tourist Bungalow35 M.G. Marg, Allahabadph.: 0532-2407440, 2408374 Fax : 0532-2408461E-mail : rahiilawart@up-tourism.comKumbh Fair tariff : (Effective from 01 January, 2013 to 10 March, 2013)


Rahi Triveni Darshan
Yamuna Bank Road , Keedganj
Ph.:0532-2558646
E-mail : rahitrivenialahabad@up-tourism.com 
Kumbh Fair tariff : (Effective from 01 January, 2013 to 10 March, 2013)

Sangam Tent Colony 
Triveni Road, Maha Kumbh Mela, Allahabad. 
Phone: 0532-2501227

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