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Kumbh Mela

Kumbh Mela proper noun: a Hindu festival, held every twelve years at four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers for purification from sin.

Proper noun

Kumbh Mela (plural Kumbh Melas)

  1. A Hindu festival, held every twelve years at four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers for purification from sin.
    • Kumbh Mela (The Pot Fair) is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage and a religious festival where millions of sadhus, pilgrims, and devotees come for historical ritual bathing at four sites on the banks of Rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, Godavari and Shipra, considered sacrad.2005, Kartar Sing hBhalla, Let's Know Festivals of India, →ISBN, page 7
    • Kumbh Mela is the single largest religious congregation or, in fact, human gathering of any kind on Earth.2010, Badri Narain, Kedar Narain, Christopher N. Burchett, Kumbh Mela and the Sadhus: The Quest for Immortality, →ISBN

Examples of Kumbh Mela in a sentence

  • Once every twelve years a great Kumbh Mela takes place, when the propitious timing is amplified many thousands of times over.2013, Tahir Shah, Three Essays: Cannibalism, The Kumbh Mela, The Legacy of Arab Science, →ISBN:
  • The last Haridwar Kumbh Mela was held in 2010.2021 April 20, Shuddhabrata Sengupta, “Kumbh 2021: Astrology, Mortality and the Indifference to Life of Leaders and Stars”, in The Wire...

Forms of Kumbh Mela

pluralKumbh Melas
alternative formKumbha Mela

Origin of Kumbh Mela

Borrowed from Hindustani کُمبھ میلَہ (kumbh melā) / कुंभ मेला (kumbh melā). Related to kumbha and mela.

Questions about Kumbh Mela

What does Kumbh Mela mean?
Kumbh Mela means a Hindu festival, held every twelve years at four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers for purification from sin.
How do you use Kumbh Mela in a sentence?
Once every twelve years a great Kumbh Mela takes place, when the propitious timing is amplified many thousands of times over.
What part of speech is Kumbh Mela?
Kumbh Mela is a proper noun.

Words near Kumbh Mela in the dictionary

  1. kumbalanga
  2. kumbaya
  3. kumbayah
  4. kumberbund
  5. kumberbunds
  6. Kumbh Mela
  7. Kumbh Melas
  8. kumbha
  9. Kumbha Mela
  10. Kumbhakarna
  11. kumbhanda

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