Kumbh Mela is one of the most eagerly awaited festivals in India and is organised at a big scale.
The Kumbh Mela will be held in Nasik from July 14 to September 25 this year.
As the Kumbh Mela is celebrated one in every twelve years in Nasik, it was in 2003 that the mela came to the city last.
The two bathing ghats, Ramkund and Kushavarta holy reservoirs welcome the faith and belief of thousands of sadhus, holy men and millions of pilgrims as they take a dip in holy River Godavari on the specific date and at specific time.
According to mythological stories and verses of epics the drops of Amrita or nectar fell at the Godavari River in Nasik when Lord Vishnu flew from earth to heaven after Samudra Manthan.
Kumbh Mela is celebrated at Trimbakeshwar in Nashik which is in Maharashtra. Trimbakeshwar is a holy town in Nasik. One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, Triyambakeshwar Jyotirlinga temple is situated there. The Kumbh Mela in Nasik is celebrated once in
A numbers of ceremonies are performed like religious discussions, devotional singing, mass feeding of holy men and women and poor, out of which bathing is considered as most sacred and takes place at the bank of river in every town, where the Kumbh
The Kumbh Mela is celebrated with pomp and show, crowds go crazy and the enormity of the spectacle is breath taking. Devotees congregate and perform several rites and rituals.
It is said that when Jupiter and the sun falls on the zodiac sign, Leo; then Kumbh Mela is celebrated at Trimbakeshwar in Nasik.
According to scholars, it is believed that when the Gods and demons were fighting over some nectar it was then that Lord Vishnu flew away with the pot of nectar, spilling drops of nectar at four different places; where we celebrate Kumbh melas, the