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Maha Kumbh

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Friends, Maha Kumbh- a world which is the path to salvation and at the same time is a festival of faith, trust, harmony and union of cultures. Knowledge, consciousness and its mutual churning is that dimension of Kumbh Mela which has been drawing the awakened consciousness of the followers of Hindu religion since ancient times without any invitation.

Kumbh festival was not started with the intention of creating history, but its history was created on its own with the flow of time. Anyway, religious traditions always stand on the basis of faith and belief and not on history. It can be said that a huge fair like Kumbh is organized to keep cultures tied together.

The literal meaning of Kumbh is Kalash. Here ‘Kalash’ is related to the Amrit Kalash. It is about the time when after the Devasura war, both the parties agreed to churn the ocean. The ocean was to be churned, so the churning rod and neti were also required accordingly. In such a situation, Mount Mandarachal became the churning rod and Nag Vasuki its neti. Fourteen gems were obtained from the churning, which were distributed among themselves, but when Dhanvantari gave the Amrit Kalash to the gods, then a situation of war arose.

Then Lord Vishnu himself assumed the form of Mohini and said that he would give Amrit to everyone and entrusted the responsibility of the Amrit Kalash to Indra’s son Jayant. When Jayant was running away from the demons to protect the Amrit after getting the Amrit Kalash, the drops of Amrit fell on four places on the earth – Haridwar, Nasik, Ujjain and Prayagraj. Since, on Vishnu’s orders, the Sun, Moon, Saturn and Jupiter were also protecting the Amrit Kalash and due to moving in different zodiac signs (Leo, Aquarius and Aries), all of them became the symbols of Kumbh festival.

In this way, due to the participation of planets and zodiac signs, Kumbh festival also became a festival of astrology. It took 12 days for Jayant to take the Amrit Kalash to heaven and it is believed that one day of the gods is equal to one year on earth. This is the reason that later on, Kumbh Mela started being organized at the mentioned places every 12 years on the special combination of planets and zodiac signs.

Important dates of Maha Kumbh 2025

• Paush Shukla Ekadashi 10 January 2025- First Bathing Date of Maha Kumbh  
• Paush Purnima 13 January 2025- Maha Kumbh Dwitiya Bathing Date 
• Magh Krishna Ekadashi January 25, 2025- Mahakumbh IV bathing date  
• Magh Krishna Trayodashi January 27, 2025- Mahakumbh Pancham Snan Tithi 
• Magh Shukla Saptami (Rath Saptami)- 4 February, 2025 – Maha Kumbh Ashtami Bathing Date  
• Magh Shukla Ashtami (Bhishmashtami) February 5, 2025- Mahakumbh ninth bath date
• Magh Shukla Ekadashi (Jaya Ekadashi)- 8 February, 2025- Maha Kumbh Dasham Bathing Date 
• Magh Shukla Trayodashi (Som Pradosh Vrat) – February 10, 2025 – Mahakumbh Eleventh Bathing Date 
• Magh Purnima, February 12, 2025- Maha Kumbh Dwadash Bathing Date 
• Falgun Krishna Ekadashi, February 24, 2025- Mahakumbh Trayodash bathing date 
• Mahashivratri, February 26, 2025- Mahakumbh Chaturdash bathing festival 

Royal Bath

• Magha Krishna Pratipada Makar Sankranti 14 January 2025- Maha Kumbh (First) Royal Bathing Date  
• Magha (Mauni) Amavasya-January 29, 2025- Maha Kumbh Shashtha Snan (Second) Major Royal Bath
• Magh Shukla Panchami (Basant Panchami)-2 February, 2025- Maha Kumbh Saptam Snan, (Third) (Last) Royal Bath 

Importance of bathing in Maha Kumbh?

The religious scriptures have described the importance of bathing, chanting and giving alms during the month of Magh and Kumbh festival at the confluence of the three holy rivers – the Triveni Sangam, i.e. Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. There is no more sacred and sin-destroying festival than taking a bath in Magh as per the prescribed rituals. If a person takes a bath regularly for even three days in Prayagraj during the Kumbh festival in the month of Magh, he gets the same merit as performing one thousand Ashvamedha Yagyas.

Maha Kumbh Mahaparva is the biggest symbol of India’s ancient glorious Vedic culture. On the occasion of this Mahaparva, crores of devotees come not only from the country but also from abroad. The word ‘Kumbh’ means the pots gathered together and ‘Kumbh’ also means the world and the universe. The word ‘Kar’ means house or pot, the gathering of culture, mahatmas and ordinary devotees is called Kumbh Mahaparva.

There are many important mantras and incidents related to Kumbh festival in Vedas and Puranas, which prove that Kumbh festival is very ancient, authentic and full of Vedic religion. According to the tenth chapter of Rigveda, a person who goes to Kumbh festival destroys his sins by bathing, giving donations and performing good deeds, just as an axe cuts a forest. Just as a river flows cutting its banks, in the same way Kumbh festival destroys the mental and physical sins accumulated by a person due to his previous deeds.

Interesting facts related to Maha Kumbh

Maha Kumbh is called the world’s biggest fair in religious and spiritual terms. This fair is held in only 4 places in India, Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain. During Maha Kumbh, Naga Sadhus take bath first. It is believed that after taking bath in Maha Kumbh, all the sins of a person are washed away and he receives the blessings of God.

The number of devotees who attend Maha Kumbh Mela in one day is more than in any other religious event. The place of Maha Kumbh is selected by looking at the positions of Sun, Jupiter and Moon. Maha Kumbh Mela has been organized continuously for hundreds of years.

It is noteworthy that like every time, the Yogi government is committed to organize the Maha Kumbh in 2025 on a grand scale. Along with the basic needs of lakhs of devotees coming from the country and the world in Maha Kumbh-2025, the government will also provide them a glimpse of the grand and divine Maha Kumbh.

For Maha Kumbh 2025, it has been decided to decorate the Lucknow to Prayagraj route with butterfly lighting and do special decorations on the main intersections. Extensive arrangements are being made for roads, parking, security and accommodation for this event to be held from 13 January to 26 February.

A plan has also been made to play devotional music in the buses of the Transport Corporation. Special decorations will be done on the main routes and intersections for this event to be held from 13 January to 26 February. Strong arrangements are being made for the construction of roads, parking, security and accommodation.

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