Kumbh Mela

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Kumbh Mela [ˌkʊm ˈmeɪlə ˌkʊm məˈlɑː]

(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a Hindu festival held once every twelve years in one of four sacred sites, where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially efficacious

[from Hindi, literally: pitcher festival or Aquarius festival, from Sanskrit kumbha pot, Aquarius + melā assembly]

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No references found			Byline: ANI Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Nov 20(ANI): Security has been beefed up at Har Ki Pauri, a sacred ghat on the banks of river Ganges, ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela. Security beefed up in Har Ki Pauri ahead of Maha Kumbh Mela by Asian News International Allahabad is one of the four destinations in India where Maha Kumbh Mela takes place. Allahabad - the City of Three Rivers by Dave Text / Travel, recreation and leisure community Meanwhile, news media and documentary filmmakers set up camps at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, in 2001, as Kama Maclean details in her contribution here, resituating established ways of seeing in Indian religious environments. The varieties of contemporary pilgrimage by Plate, S. Brent / Cross Currents			Kuiper belt Kuiper belt object Kukang Kukenaam Kukenaam Falls Kuki Kuki-Chin Kuklux kukri Kuku Nor kula kulak kulan Kulanapan kulfi Kultur Kulturkampf Kulun Kum Kumamoto kumara Kumaratunge Kumasi Kumayri kumbaloi Kumbh Mela kumis Kumish kumiss kumite kummel kümmel kummerbund Kumon kumquat kumquat tree Kun Kuna Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen kundalini Kundera Kundt's tube Kunene Küng kung fu Kungur Kunlan Shan Kunlun Kunlun Mountains Kunming kunzite			Kumasi Kumasi Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly Kumasi Ventilated-Improved Pit Kumasi Venue Organising Committee Kumasi, Ghana Kumasi, Ghana Kumassi Kumassi Kumatori Accelerator-driven Reactor Test Kumayri Kumayri Kumazawa Banzan KUMB Kumb mela Kumb mela Kumba Kumba, Cameroon Kumbaka Kumbakha Kumbakonam kumbaloi Kumbamela Kumbamela Kumbh and Magh Mela in Allahabad Kumbh and Magh Mela in Allahabad Kumbh fair Kumbh fair Kumbh Mela Kumbha Mela Kumbha Mela Kumbhaka Kumbhakarana Kumbhakarana Kumbhamela Kumbhamela Kumbi Saleh Kumbia All Starz Kumbrabow State Forest Kumbulta Kumbum KUMC KUMCGW Kumdza Kumdza Kumdza Kumeny Kumertau Kumeyaay Kumgan Kumgang Korea Chemical Group Kumgang yoksa Kumgang, Mount Kumgang-san Kumgangsan Kumicic, Evgenij Kumin, Maxine Kuminskii

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