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10 Interesting Facts About Kumbh Mela

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Channel: Randomfacts by Shikhaa · 2017 · Entertainment

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Here is a list of 10 interesting facts about Kumbh Mela.

Kumbh Mela is a fair in which people gather to bathe in a sacred or holy river.
It is inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
There are four places where this fair puts up – Haridwar, Allahabad, Nashik-Trimbakeshwar and Ujjain.
Devotees takes bath in the Ganges at Haridwar; the confluence (Sangam) of Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati at Allahabad; the Godavari at Nashik; and the Shipra at Ujjain.
Kumbh Mela is held once in 12 years at one place. 
It is believed bathing in sacred water, on this day, washes way your sins.
In 2013 Kumbh Mela in Allahabad had a crowd of approximately 10 crore people.
It is believed that the festival is over 2000 years old.
It is one of the largest peaceful gatherings in the world, and considered as the "world's largest congregation of religious pilgrims”.
Several stampedes have occurred at the Kumbh Melas. The deadliest one was in 1954 where 800 people dead.

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