Originally posted on Vikas Acharya:
Kumbh Mela, the greatest Men feast in the world where millions of souls that come together to purge themselves before entering the heavenly Kingdom of God; it is an open invitation, which is grabbed on like the very last opportunity by the devotees to deem themselves fit for an entry. Kumbh derives its name from the immortal Nectar, which the gods (Devtas) and Demons (Asuras) fought over, described in ancient Vedic scriptures known as the Puranas. It is these Vedic literatures that have stood the test of time, out of which the tradition has evolved into the one that the world now knows as The Kumbh Mela.
Legend tells a tale from the antique days of the universe when the demigods and the demons antique produced the nectar of immortality. The gods, because cursed, were disabled of fear that eventually made them weak. The task being too sturdy for them alone, the gods made a…
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