Khumba Mela Festival

The Kumbh Mela is the largest festival in the Hindu calendar, held once every 12 years in the north Indian city of Allahabad. This ancient festival pays homage to a battle between the gods and demons for a pitcher (kumbh). Legend has it that four drops of nectar fell from the pitcher and landed in Allahabad (Prayag), Hardwar, Ujjain and Nasik. A smaller Kumbh Mela is rotated through the other holy cities every three years. The 2001 Kumbh Mela ran from January 9th to February 21st. Millions of Hindus made their pilgrimage to the massive tented city beside the River Ganges and immersed themeselves where three rivers meet -- the Ganges, the Yamuna ...  Read the complete review

Today everybody is so busy in their life that we real tend to forget what mother nature has in store for us .India may be not a very modernized country but its natural wealth (not the minerals and all) is a must to see. I want to tell about the areas of the northern belt around hardwar , rishikesh where the holy river GANGES flows AND lacks of people take the dip in it at the time of MAHA KHUMBH,even hollywood stars are coming this years so as to purify their soles, you cancaome and really feel the nature in the air , free from pollution and rapid cities life these places are ideal for a complete rest and renewal of our mind .Taking a dip in the holy rivers or ...  Read the complete review