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    The Kumbh Mela in Ujjain is one of four locations in India where the festival is held, rotating every 12 years. It is mentioned in writings from the 7th century AD and celebrates the movement of planets. Anyone can witness diverse groups of holy men at the festival, including naked ascetics. Over 100 million people attended the largest gathering in 2013 in Allahabad over 55 days. Satellite images have been used to manage the massive crowds and temporary infrastructure like hospitals and police stations are established to support over 65,000 jobs the festival creates.

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    The Kumbh Mela in Ujjain is one of four locations in India where the festival is held, rotating every 12 years. It is mentioned in writings from the 7th century AD and celebrates the movement of planets. Anyone can witness diverse groups of holy men at the festival, including naked ascetics. Over 100 million people attended the largest gathering in 2013 in Allahabad over 55 days. Satellite images have been used to manage the massive crowds and temporary infrastructure like hospitals and police stations are established to support over 65,000 jobs the festival creates.

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    The Kumbh Mela in Ujjain is one of four locations in India where the festival is held, rotating every 12 years. It is mentioned in writings from the 7th century AD and celebrates the movement of planets. Anyone can witness diverse groups of holy men at the festival, including naked ascetics. Over 100 million people attended the largest gathering in 2013 in Allahabad over 55 days. Satellite images have been used to manage the massive crowds and temporary infrastructure like hospitals and police stations are established to support over 65,000 jobs the festival creates.

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    YOGA

    LIFE

    15 Fascinating Facts about TheKumbhMela Ujjain

    1 The writings of the famous Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang or


    . Xuanzang (602 the
    King
    Harshvardhana.
    Apparently,
    this is the
    664 reign
    A.D.) of
    have
    mentioned
    about Ujjain
    KumbhMela.
    He
    oldest
    visited written
    India during
    evidence till date.
    2 The KumbhMela is celebrated once in every 12 years on the
    . basis of
    movement of two planets - Jupiter and Sun in Allahabad (the
    event of entrance of Jupiter in Aries circle and Sun & Moon in
    Capricorn), Nashik (When the Jupiter enters in Leo and also
    when Jupiter, Sun and the Moon enter in Cancer on Amavasya
    day) , Haridwar (when the Sun enters the Aries and the Jupiter
    enters the Aquarius)and Ujjain (When the Sun is in the zodiac
    sign Aries and Jupiter is in the Leo). The ArdhaKumbhaMela is
    held at Haridwar and Allahabad, once in every six years. The
    PurnaKumbhaMela occurs at Allahabad, every 12 years and the
    MahaKumbhaMela is held only at Allahabad every 144 years.
    3 Anyone visiting the KumbhMela can witness a diversified
    . crowd that includes
    various types of holy men. These include, Naga Sadhus or the
    naked holy

    monksof India; Urdhwavahurs, who perform rituals that


    include putting the
    body through severe austerities; Parivrajakas, who don't
    speak at all and have taken a vow of silence;
    Shirshasinis, who stand twenty-four hours on their heads and
    meditate and
    Kalpvasis are the ones who bathe thrice a day.
    4 More than 100 Million people participated at the largest
    . congregation of
    humanity during KumbhMela in 2013 over the period of
    fifty-five days in
    Allahabad.
    5 In order to manage and improve the conduct of the largest fair
    . on earth,
    Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2010 took
    satellite pictures of the grand KumbhMela event which can be
    seen below:

    6 The popular TV series "An Idiot Abroad" featured the


    . KumbhMela in its
    second episode.
    7 According to a report, the management of the largest festival
    . on earth creates
    65,000 jobs directly or indirectly.

    8 A beautiful Bengali flm, Amrita KumbherSandhane


    . documented the grand
    KumbhMela. It got released in 1982 and was directed by
    Dilip Roy.
    9 In the year 2010, BBC made a beautiful documentary on
    . KumbhMela, titled
    "KumbhMela: The greatest show on earth".

    10. According to the BBC reports, about fourteen temporary


    hospitals, with
    around two hundred and fifty doctors are specially assigned to
    take care of the large crowd during KumbhMela.
    11. A team of around fifty thousand police officials are manage
    the grand crowd
    during Kumbh. Thirty temporary Police chowkis are also
    created to combat security issues.
    12. This grandiose Hindu festival is believed to be more than two
    thousand years
    old.

    13. In 2013, a group of researchers from Harvard University


    mentioned that the
    MahaKumbhMela of 2013 was better organised than FIFA
    World Cup in Brazil.
    14. The same group of researchers from Harvard University
    also published an
    insightful book called KumbhMela: Mapping The
    Ephemeral Mega City".
    15. Ujjain KumbhaMela is even more auspicious due to the Maha
    kaalJyotirlinga
    situated here. It is one of the Seven Moksha dayini pilgrimage
    cities as per the Puranas. The holy Shaktipeeth and Siddhvat
    located in Ujjain further increase the holiness of this place.
    Also, according to various great Indian astronomers, the Tropic
    of Cancer passes through the sacred city making it
    astrologically significant.

    Source: http://www.yogalife.co.in/simhastha-in-ujja
    in/

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