Northern India celebrates the largest Hindu festival in history, whose main objective is bathing in the sacred waters of the rivers. The tradition lasts 45 days and will end on February 26.
The Hindu festival of Kumbh Melaknown worldwide for bringing together the largest number of people on the planet, began this Monday in northern India with an estimated 400 million pilgrimsin six weeks, they prepare for bathe in the waters of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers.
The traditionwhich is organized every twelve years and will last until February 26 on this occasion, consists of certain steps and rituals that are carried out throughout the ceremony, starting with the bathing of the faithful in the cold waters to wash your sins before sunrise.
This year has the particularity of break the record regarding the number of people and faithful who come to perform the rituals, exceeding 400 millionwhen in previous celebrations, such as the Allahabad In 2019, it gathered 240 million.
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How was the Kumbh Mela organized?
He main objective and motivation for the long pilgrimage of the faithful, is to bathe in the sacred waters of those rivers punctually, because according to the mythologythis act purifies sins, frees them from the cycles of reincarnations and brings them closer to the spiritual freedomknown as moksha.
India has 1.4 billion inhabitantsand although they are accustomed to spaces full of people and crowds, carrying out this type of festivities also symbolizes a great challenge. On this occasion, the organizers installed 150,000 bathrooms, 68,000 streetlights, 160,000 shelters and a surprising surface of tentsequivalent to two-thirds of the island of Manhattan, in New York.
Once followers carry out their baths, purifications and connect with their spirituality, they usually stay waiting on the shore or they can also return to their shelters temporary to carry out multiple sentences either attendance at sadhu sermons.
This Monday is considered one of the six most auspicious days to immerse themselves in the sacred waters, which attracts a greater number of followers. The most promising days for the bath they are: January 14 and 19, and February 3, 12 and 26 (the last day of the festival).
Source: Ambito
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