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Allahabad

Description: City in northern India, in Uttar Pradesh State, capital of the Allahabad District, at the confluence of the Yamuna and ... more

Allahabad ... Ganges rivers.

Newest Review: ... sky, a few drops of nectar fell in four different places: Allahabad, Haridwar, Nasik and Ujjain. Since, these four scared places have witnessed the Kumbh and Ardh Kumbh fairs periodically, every twelfth and sixth year when pilgrims and devotees converge to commemorate this divine event. The Auspicious Dates in which the holy saints will take their dip in ... more

... the Holy River Ganges. 09th January 2001, Paush Purnima 14th January 2001, Makar Sankranti 24th January 2001, Mauni Amavasya 29th January 2001, Basant Panchami 08th February 2001, Magh Purnima 21st February 2001, Mahashivratri This is the most amazing si...more

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Allahabad: The festival (465 words)
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I have scoured the net to bring as much information together of this amazing festivel. Hope this will be helpful On 6 February 1989 an estimated fifteen million pilgrims traveled to Allahabad in India on the occasion of the most recent full Kumbh Mela there. According to The Guiness Book of Records, this was the "greatest recorded number of human beings assembled with a common purpose" in history. The Kumbh Mela is held by turns in four different cities in India: Allahabad, Hardwar, Ujjain, and Nasik. The festival is conducted in each of these cities every dozen years or so. On 14 April 1998 the population of Hardwar in North India swelled to the ...

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