Hindus largest congregation
on the Earth 'Ujjain Simhastha 2016,'
(Kumbha Mela) organized in every 12 years, finally concludes with millions of
devotees taking holy dip in the sacred river of Kshipra in ancient and
religious city of Ujjain.
In month-long
festival, hundreds of thousand believers and spectators coverage from several
parts of the world not to just take holy dip (Snan) at the ghats of Kshipra river, but to
witness one of the greatest incidents in human history, and the waves
spirituality sweeping the Nation.
The Mela is more exclusively
known for Naga Sadhus,
who after remaining imperceptible from world in deep glaciers of Himalaya for
12 years, gather for royal bath at various akharas at banks of river in
hundreds of thousands.
Such a massive
gathering at one place is in itself an epitome in the world of management,
revealing the mindboggling organizing capacity of India, where population of
more than any European country gathers every day, in an unbelievable uncluttered
way.
In Hindu mythology
taking holy dip at any of the Kumbha Mela once in a lifetime is revered as most
sacred event, believed to relinquish people from all worldly sins.
Simhasth Kumbh is
one of the four 'Kumbh Melas' celebrated by biggest spiritual gathering on the Planet.
Simhasth Kumbh Mela is based on the celestial line-up of Planets and the Signs
of the Zodiac, which occurs every 12 years.
'Kumbh' in its
literal English translation means 'Pot', which emerged from 'Samudra Manthan'(Churning
of the Ocean) between Gods and Devils and the term ‘Mela‘ signifies'Fair'.
Kumbh Mela is held
at four places in India i.e Haridwar, Prayag (Allahabad), Ujjain and Nasik. At Haridwar it is held at
banks of holy river of Ganges, while it is organized at confluence of Ganges,
Yamuna and spiritual (underground) river Sarswati in Allahabad. In Nasik and Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) Kumbh is held at sacred
river Godawari and Kshipra respectively.
At Ujjain, Kumbh Mela
is specifically called 'Simhasth Kumbh Mahaparv' because the Sun (in Sanskrit Surya)
is in the zodiac Aries ('Mesh' in Sanskrit) and the Jupiter (Brahaspati in
Sanskrit) is in the zodiac Leo (in Sanskrit 'Simha') when it takes place. There
are ten unique and uncommon yogs which exist and facilitate the
organizing of Simhasth Kumbh Mahaparv.
The periodical event
has also socio-cultural significance in Indian (Hindustani) civilization, where
since ancient times, Sadhus and Spirituals Gurus assemble for one month in intensive
brainstorming cogitating séance for the conscious and emergence of humanity and
world. The gathering assembles in every 3 years during Kumbh Mela at one of the
places by rotation, for reassessing the amelioration of ideas churned out for
welfare of humanity before meeting at Kumbh gathering on12th year.
