Tuesday, 19th Feb. 2019
PrayagRaj (AllahaBad), Uttar Paradesh.
Kumbha Mela is mass Hindu Pilgrimage where hindus gather to bathe in the holy (sacred) river. In PrayagRaj, Mela taking place once in 12 years, is the confluence (sangam) of Ganga, Yamuna and Invisible Saraswathi rivers and bathing in this place, it is believed to cleanse the body and sins.
The other places where Kumbh Melas take place are Hardwar, Nasik and Ujjain periodocally.
We started off from Ayodhya to Prayagraj, a distance of 130 km by bus and reached around 12.00 noon and the crowd was massive and security and police stopped the bus about 10 km from the venue of Mela. We hired auto to take us to nearest point from there, we had to walk almost one kilometre to the site of bathing. The arrangement for bathing for lakhs of people converging and cleanliness of the place is amazing. The Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Hindu firebrand Chief Minister Yogi Adithyanath is fantastic.
We had dip in the confluence of holy rivers and spent about an hour. Ladies had some rituals to perform after which we walked back to auto stand and from there to bus parking area.
We left at 4 pm and had lunch on the way and reached Varanasi at 8.30 pm due to heavt traffic on the way.
Posted Monday 25th Feb. 2019
PrayagRaj (AllahaBad), Uttar Paradesh.
Kumbha Mela is mass Hindu Pilgrimage where hindus gather to bathe in the holy (sacred) river. In PrayagRaj, Mela taking place once in 12 years, is the confluence (sangam) of Ganga, Yamuna and Invisible Saraswathi rivers and bathing in this place, it is believed to cleanse the body and sins.
The other places where Kumbh Melas take place are Hardwar, Nasik and Ujjain periodocally.
We started off from Ayodhya to Prayagraj, a distance of 130 km by bus and reached around 12.00 noon and the crowd was massive and security and police stopped the bus about 10 km from the venue of Mela. We hired auto to take us to nearest point from there, we had to walk almost one kilometre to the site of bathing. The arrangement for bathing for lakhs of people converging and cleanliness of the place is amazing. The Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Hindu firebrand Chief Minister Yogi Adithyanath is fantastic.
We had dip in the confluence of holy rivers and spent about an hour. Ladies had some rituals to perform after which we walked back to auto stand and from there to bus parking area.
We left at 4 pm and had lunch on the way and reached Varanasi at 8.30 pm due to heavt traffic on the way.
Posted Monday 25th Feb. 2019
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