Saturday, April 28, 2012

India's spectacular "Kumbh Mela": thousands of people in Ganges RIver

India"Big pot" is the world's biggest religious festival, which originated in the India's most ancient myths and Legends: "big pot" with ever-young medicine, Hindu gods and demons to fight it and strike violently, accidentally knocked over the kettle, four drops of ever-young medicine respectively to India, Allahabad, hardwar Ujjain, Nasik in 4 places, the 4 city respectively every 3 years to celebrate a Kumbh Mela, where each place are held every 12 years, thus become a rare religious event.

The pitcher FestivalThe pitcher Festival

The Kumbh Mela was held in Held Val, which lasted from January to April, the organizers said, during which a total of about 70000000 people attended the. Although this figure is too large and could not be confirmed, but the world will not find another religious activities of the participants can number more than the pitcher Festival -- the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia but also 3000000. During the Kumbh Mela, from each branch, each caste Hindu religious believers, both men and women, old and young are no cold weather, have entered the Ganges RIver being baptized.

Seventy million people.Seventy million people.

Thousands of people gathered in Ganges RIver

Tent area equivalent to 4000 football fields.

Ganges RIver is the longest river in India, over 2500 kilometres, it from the Himalayas and the Pentium, through the central plains into the sea; Ganges RIver is also an Indian heart most sacred river, a river than it. In Hindu mythology, Ganges RIver is from hair knot Shiva in avatar to the human. Therefore, the Hindus in India think, Ganges RIver is the incarnation of Lord Shiva, is the source of "sin". Hindu Ganges RIver as sacred, worship Shiva and wash water bath has become a large pot of section two big religious activities.

The pitcher Festival has not yet opened, on the edge of Ganges RIver, is the huge crowds of people, the spectacular scene lively, is like entering another world. In order to host this event, the organizers mobilized tens of thousands of construction workers, building 27 across the Ganges RIver bridge, so that believers exchanges, also specially built nearly 500000 tents, covers an area of more than 160000 square kilometers, equivalent to the size of 4000 football fields. To prevent accidents, temporary also set up 35 police, 12 hospitals, 6000 toilets, more 3000 firefighters, 23000 police officers are on standby. In addition, because the Kumbh Mela due to various reasons, killing about 3000 people separated from their families and even missing, in order to prevent similar tragedies, the organizers specially set up a broadcast system, connecting the 4500 loudspeakers, ready to break the posters, sometimes playing notice or chanting scriptures.

All of the above security, are to meet people from around the world to participate in the large pot of day -- this time came more than 70000000. They poured into the city from the holy land of Ganges RIver from all sides, most in the Kumbh Mela people are Hindus, they shoulder carry daily necessities, trekking for days, weeks or even months to come to this place, only one objective, that is bathed in Ganges RIver. In addition to ordinary believers, a large number of important people are gathered here, including academics, Hindu sage, teacher and practitioner of yoga. The most worth mentioning is that tens of thousands of naked ascetics -- they usually secluded, given up all worldly goods, including clothing, lived a very simple ascetic life, only in the Kumbh Mela can see their shadow.

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