{"id":7351,"date":"2018-08-23T09:25:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T03:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/?p=7351"},"modified":"2018-09-10T10:53:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T05:23:30","slug":"kumbh-mela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/kumbh-mela\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumbh Mela"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Kumbh Mela<\/h2>\n<p>The episode of Samudra Manthan (churning of the mythological ocean, the Ksheer Sagar) is mentioned in various ancient Indian scriptures (eg. &#8211; Srimad Bhagavat, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata and the Ramayana) which narrates how after the Gods lost their potency, the thought of churning the Ksheer Sagar to obtain Amrit (the nectar of immortality) the occurred them. They realized soon that the feat couldn\u2019t be accomplished without the help of their adversaries, the Asuras (demons). A provisional arrangement was made between the two with the promise of sharing the Amrit.<\/p>\n<p>After the task was accomplished a fight ensued between the two groups over the possession of the Kumbh (a pitcher) containing the divine nectar. They fought for twelve days and nights, which equates to twelve human years. While the fight was on, the vehicle of Lord Vishnu, the Garuda (a celestial bird) flew away with the Kumbh.<\/p>\n<p>During this flight some drops of Amrit spilled over at four places on earth namely Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. Commemorating this celestial and mythical event the Kumbh Mela is held four times every twelve years at these four places.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more <\/em>at:<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/uttarakhandtourism.gov.in\/kumbh-mela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uttarakhand Tourism<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Image source: <a href=\"http:\/\/uttarakhandtourism.gov.in\/kumbh-mela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uttarakhand Tourism<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The episode of Samudra Manthan (churning of the mythological ocean, the Ksheer Sagar) is mentioned in various ancient Indian scriptures (eg. &#8211; Srimad Bhagavat, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata and the Ramayana)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kumbh Mela - Love Uttarakhand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/kumbh-mela\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kumbh Mela - Love Uttarakhand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The episode of Samudra Manthan (churning of the mythological ocean, the Ksheer Sagar) is mentioned in various ancient Indian scriptures (eg. - Srimad Bhagavat, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata and the Ramayana)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/kumbh-mela\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Love Uttarakhand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-23T03:55:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-09-10T05:23:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/loveuttarakhand\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fair-and-festival-khumb-mela.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"970\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"545\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Vishal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Vishal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/kumbh-mela\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/kumbh-mela\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Vishal\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/#\/schema\/person\/a7d4ef2e6163499bd6c0511e3729b343\"},\"headline\":\"Kumbh Mela\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-23T03:55:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-10T05:23:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/kumbh-mela\/\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/loveuttarakhand.in\/loveuttarakhand\/#\/schema\/person\/39baaa5c00cb11f83e2b4e745b3bb5dc\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Fair &amp; 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