Do's and Dont's in Nashik Kumbh Mela

Do's in Nashik kumbh Mela :-

• Pilgrims are requested to buy ticket, valuables and fares from authorized agents only.
• Pilgrims are requested to use the bathing areas/ Ghats that are authorized by the Mela administration for their safety and security purpose.
• Pilgrims are requested to wear comfortable clothing while moving around a city, town, and local markets.
• Keep track of all local and international news to be aware of criminal activities and other problems.
• Always respect the cultural and religious values of locals.
• If any unidentified or suspicious object is located, the Mela administration or the police control room should be informed about it.
• Pilgrims are requested to follow the traffic rules and regulations in the city and the Mela area
• The directions and advice given through the Central Public Address System may be followed to avoid any inconvenience.
• Garbage should be thrown only in the dustbins.
• Pilgrims and visitors are requested to be appropriately attired considering the religious and cultural sensibilities of the event. The local service providers will be happy to give advice on this issue.

Dont's Do in Nashik Kumbh Mela :-

• Don’t speak to strangers or disclose much about whereabouts.
• Use of plastic bags in Nashik city is prohibited by the Maharashtra Government.
• Washing of clothes on the river banks should be avoided.
• Don’t accept anything to eat and drink from strangers.
• Pilgrims and visitors are advised not to encourage beggary.
• Don’t indulge in cut fruits, vegetables, and eat street food.
• Don’t drink tap water or buy bottles that aren’t sealed properly.
• Don’t hitchhike. This may put your life in danger.
• Use of soaps while bathing in rivers should be avoided.
• Throwing of the materials used for worship or rituals in the river should be avoided

Nashik Information

Nashik is an important tourist destination of Maharashtra. Lord Rama spent some of his time to during his exile of 14 years. Its natural beauty and religious importance attract thousands of tourists every year. Important tourist attractions in Nashik include Kala Ram Mandir, Trimbakeshwar and Nandurmadmeshwar. The Kala Ram temple was built by Odhekar, a Maratha vassal of the Peshwas. This temple is made only of black stones. Great processions are held in the temple on Ram Navami, Dusshera and Chaitra Padwa. Trimbakeshwar is one of the 12 jyotirlingas dedicated to Lord Shiva. Locals believe anybody visiting the temple will gain salvation.

Nashik is also famous in world due to Kumbh Mela which held here in every 12 years. People can easily reach to Nashik.

Ramkund, Nashik Photo

The famous Kumbh mela in Nashik

By Air

Nashik is well connected to other major cities of the country via regular flights. The nearest airport is Nasik Ozar Airport. It is located at Ozar, 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) northeast of the city of Nashik, Maharashtra, India. The big Airport is Mumbai airport which is just 235km from Nashik.

By Train

Nashik railway station is a major station on the Central Railway network. Many trains connect Nashik to other cities with the Panchvati Express taking just under five hours to travel from Mumbai to Nashik. Buses and auto-rickshaws are available from outside the station to reach the city centre.

By Road

The roads of Nashik smoothly connect it with the neighboring cities. Nashik provides a good network of both state and private buses with affordable fares.

Types of Kumbh Mela

There are five types of kumbhmela :

• Maha Kumbh Mela – Which comes in every 144 years - only in Allahabad city.
• Purna Kumbh Mela – Which comes after every 12 years - last one took place in January 2001 in Allahabad.
• Ardh Kumbh - 6th year after Kumbh Mela.
• Kumbh Mela - every 3rd years, rotating through Nasik, Prayag, Haridwar and Ujjain.
• Magh Mela - Annual, held every year except years of Kumbh Mela and Ardh Kumbh Mela Held in Magh (Jan-Feb); hence the name. Only in Allahabad.

Nashik Kumbh Mela

Panchwati Kumbh  Mela Photo

Story of Kumbh Mela

Kumbh Mela is considered as the most auspicious period of India. Kumbh mela provides us this great opportunity to purify our soul by bathing in Holy River and serving saints.

As per medieval Hindu theology, the origin of Kumbh Mela dates back to the time when Gods (Devtas) and Demons (Asura) resided on the earth. Devtas were under the influence of a curse which aroused fear in them eventually making them weak and coward. Brahma (the creator) advised them to churn the milky ocean to obtain the elixir of immortality. The Mandara Mountain acted as the churning rod and Vasuki (king of serpents) was used as a rope for churning. Kumbh was the pot which consist the nectar of immortality and was recovered from Samudramanthan.

Story behind Kumbh Mela

Devtas asked the help of demons for this tough task to complete with mutual agreement of sharing the elixir of immortality equally. They churned the ocean for 1000 years, where demons were holding Vasuki’s head and Gods were holding its tail. Finally after this entire churning process, Dhanwantari appeared with Kumbh in his palms. To prevent the amrita from demons, its safety was entrusted to Gods Brahaspati, Surya, Shani and Chandra. After learning the conspiracy of the Devtas, demons turned vicious and attacked them. Devtas knew that demons possessed more power and can easily defeat them. There is also a prevalent legend that it was actually the demons that were being chased by the demigods for 12 days and 12 nights, during which the drops of elixir of immortality fell at these four places. These four places are since believed to have acquired mystical powers. Because 12 days of Gods are equivalent to 12 years for humans; the Kumbh Mela is celebrated once every 12 years in each of the four places - banks of river Godavari in Nasik, river Kshipra in Ujjain, river Ganges in Haridwar, and at the Sangam of Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati in Allahabad, where the drops are believed to have fallen. Millions of devout, come together to partake in ritualistic bathing and ceremonies to cleanse themselves of all sins.

Nagas sadhu in Nashik Kumbh Mela

Whereas some stories tells us that Demons were chased by Gods for 12 days and nights when the drops of amrita fell down from Kumbh at Allahabad, Haridwar, Nasik and Ujjain. In some mythological scriptures it is mentioned that the war between Gods and Demons in the sky lasted for twelve days for the possession of Amrita. To commemorate this holy event Maha Kumbh Mela is celebrated in every twelve years at the four sacred places where the drops from Kumbh were fallen.

Kumbh Mela is the largest spiritual gathering in the world where millions of devotees takes a holy dip in the sacred water.

It is believed that the river turns itself into sanctity spots filled with primordial amrita at the historic moment of the Maha Kumbh Mela. The pilgrims get once in a lifetime chance to bathe in the spirit of holiness, auspiciousness and salvation.

History of Kumbh Mela

It is not exactly known since when did people begin to hold Kumbh Mela. It is widely known how this spectacle of faith has attracted the curiosity of foreigners across the world. The first written evidence of the Kumbh Mela can be found in the accounts of Chinese monk Xuanzang who visited India in 629–645 CE, during the reign of King Harshavardhana.

Later on, in the 8th century, the great Indian saint Shankara popularized the Kumbh Mela among the common people. With each passing year the fair began to be attended by more and more people.  

By 2003, the number of pilgrims attending Kumbh Mela had grown to a record 80 million! By 2010, the attendance was approximately 90 million!! 

Kumbh Mela Photos Nashik 2015

Today, more than 1 billion people is expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela Nahik in 2015. It is largest gathering place in the world.

What is Kumbh Mela?

The name Kumbh Mela comes from Hindi and in the original Sanskrit and other Indian languages it is more often known as Kumbha Mela. Kumbha means a pitcher, sometimes referred to as the Kalasha and Mela means 'a gathering' or 'a meet', or simple word fair. 

 Photos in Nashik Kumbhmela

Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu Pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is considered to be the largest peaceful gathering in the world where around 100 million people were expected to visit during the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2015 in Nashik. It is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allhabad ( Prayaga), Nashik and Ujjain.Thus the Kumbh Mela is held at each of these four places every twelfth year. Ardha ("Half") Kumbh Mela is held at only two places, Haridwar and Allahabad, every sixth year. 

The places on four sacred rivers: at Haridwar on the Ganga River, at Ujjain on the Shipra, at Nasik on the Godavari, and at Prayag (Allahabad) at the confluence of the Ganges, Jamuna, and the mythical Sarasvati.

The pilgrimage is held for about one and a half months at each of these four places where it is believed in Hinduism that drops of nectar fell from the kumbha carried by gods after the sea was churned. Bathing in these rivers is thought to cleanse one of all sins. The festival is billed as the "world’s largest congregation of religious pilgrims". There is no precise method of ascertaining the number of pilgrims, and the estimates of the number of pilgrims bathing on the most auspicious day may vary; approximately 90 million people are going attend in Nashik Kumbh Mela 2015. 

Ramkund at Panchwati, Nashik

Nashik is the location for Kumbh mela in the state of Maharashtra. Millions pilgrims go to the Nasik Kumbh Mela and take a dip in the holy waters of Kushavarta at Trambakeshwar and Ramkund at Panchwati. The Kumbh at Nashik is believed to be the most sacred festival of hindus.

The Sadhus who visit the Kumbh in large numbers reside in the Tapovan which is situated at the left bank of river Godavari.

Kushavarta at Trambakeshwar, Nashik

Kumbh Mela is Depend on what position the Sun, Moon, and Jupiter hold in that period in different zodiac signs, the venue for Kumbh Mela is already decided. The calculations have been provided on the basis of below information:

Kumbh Mela at Allahabad :-

when Jupiter is in Aries or Taurus and Sun and Moon are in Capricorn during the Hindu month of Magha (January-February).

Kumbh Mela at Haridwar :-

when Jupiter is in Aquarius and Sun is in Aries during the Hindu month of Chaitra (March-April).

Kumbh Mela at Ujjain :-

when Jupiter is in Leo and Sun is in Aries, or when all three are in Libra during the Hindu month of Vaisakha (April-May).

Kumbh Mela at Nasik :-

when Sun and Jupiter are in Leo during the Hindu month of Bhadraprada (August-September).

Nashik Kumbh Mela

Sadhus in Kumbhmela

Nashik Kumbh Mela Photos 2015

Below are the some important photos of Nashik Kumbh Mala 2015

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Kumbh Mela Nashik 2015 Images

Kumbh Mela Nashik Photo 2015

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Kumbh Mela River  Photo

Kumbh Mela Snaps

Maha Kumbh Mela Images

Maha Kumbh Mela Pictures

Maha kumbha Mela  Nashik

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People enjoying in Kumbh Mela

People Gathering in Kumbh Mela

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Sadhus photo in Kumbh Mela

Trambakeshwar Kumbh Mela photo

Special Bathing ( Shahi Snan) Dates of Nasik Kumbh Mela- 2015 :

The Kumbh Mela is going to start in Nasik in this year 2015. Basically, it will start on 14th July and will continue for a year, ending on 11th August 2016. Below is the time table of Kumbh Mela  Nasik -2015

Important Dates	Day	Event
14th July 2015	Tuesday	Flag hoisting of the main ceremony at Ram Kunda
19th August 2015	Wednesday	Flag hoisting of the Akhara at Sadhugram
26th August 2015	Wednesday	Shravan Shudha- First Snan
29th August 2015	Saturday	First Shahi Snan
13th September 2015	Sunday	Second Shahi Snan
18th September 2015	Friday	Third Shahi Snan
25th September 2015	Friday	Bhadrapad Shukla Dwadashi - Vaman Dwadashi Snan
11th August 2016	Thursday	Kumbh Mela will end with the flag lowering ceremony

Nasik Kumbh mela

Nashik Kumbh Mela 2015

Nashik (Nasik) is the place where the next Kumbh Mela 2015 will be held at the banks of river Godavari. Kumbh mela in Nashik happens after a period of 12 years. Around 10 million (1 crore) pilgrims are expected to come in and take holy bath in the river Godavari to cleanse their body and souls.

The Sadhus who visit the Kumbh in large numbers reside in the Tapovan which is situated at the left bank of river Godavari.

Nashik Kumbh Mela Photos