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Kumbh Mela 2015 was a Hindu pilgrimage held in Nashik, Maharashtra, India and Trimbakeshwar, in the Indian state of Maharastra. Pilgrims numbered 80 lakhs to 1 crore and 25 to 30 lakhs respectively during the one year celebration. The festival is considered the largest gathering of people from across the world to undertake the holy bath.
During the year 2015, Jupiter enters Leo on 14 July 2015 (Tuesday) at 6.26 AM, when the Maha Pushkaram begins, and ends after 12 days on 25 July 2015 (Saturday). [8] Multiple almanac writers and other skeptics have disputed that the 2015 Godavari Pushkaram is a "Maha Pushkaram". According to Hanmanthavajjula Subrahmanya Sarma, the president of ...
Kumbh Mela 2015 was a Hindu pilgrimage held in Nashik, Maharashtra, India and Trimbakeshwar, in the Indian state of Maharastra. Pilgrims numbered 80 lakhs to 1 crore and 25 to 30 lakhs respectively during the one year celebration. The festival is considered the largest gathering of people from across the world to undertake the holy bath.
The Nabakalebara 2015 is a celebration of the ancient ritual of the Nabakalebara associated with most of the Jagannath Temples when the idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshan are replaced by a new set of idols; the last such festival of events was held in 1996.
Nabakalebara is an important festival in the Hindu Odia calendar, observed in the Jagannath Temple, Puri. It was first organised in 1575 A.D by Bhoi King Ramachandra Deva. It marks the symbolic demise and rebirth of Jagannath at Puri. The event involves installation of new images in the Jagannath temple and burial of the old ones in the temple ...
Dancing, drums and rituals: with zeal and joy, India celebrates Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi. Story by Lex Harvey, photo curation by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN. September 18, 2024 at 3:10 AM.
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica and Indian authorities, more than 200 million Hindus gathered for the Kumbh Mela in 2019, including 50 million on the festival's most crowded day. [1] The festival is one of the largest peaceful gatherings in the world, and considered as the "world's largest congregation of religious pilgrims". [25]
The dates of the festival are based on the Hindu lunar calendar and fall on the darkest night of the year, usually in late October or early November. This year, Diwali begins Nov. 10 and the main ...