HH Indradyumna Swami @ Kumbha mela in Allahabad 2001.
last updated 16th January 2008
Iskcon Bombay's site dealing with
everything Kumbha mela:
Iskcon's
role at Kumbha mela 2001:
Another Iskcon
site very nicely presenting our role:
The Greatest Spiritual Event
on Earth - Kumbha Mela:
Main
Bathing Dates:
Shastrik
References for the meaning of Kumbhamela and its origins:
Hindu Pilgrimage
in Contemporary India:
Iskcon's
Padayatra comes to Kumbha Mela:
100
Manipuri Drummers come and join in with Iskcon devotees:
Deena
Bandhu prabhu (from Krishna Balaram Mandir Vrindavana) report of Kumbha
Mela 2001 so far:
CNN
report 1998:
India
Tourist Office site - Allahabad, UP:
Kumbhamela
in Haridwar 1998:
Purifying Properties of Ganga River Proved
Scientifically
First Mahakumbh of the New Karmi Millennium
A Nexus of cosmic energy that converges every 144 years, bringing dramatic
changes in the destiny of the human race. This remarkable event has to
be believed.
http://www.indiamart.com/mahakumbh/index.html
Kumbha Mela On-Line:
Source: http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/
HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, December 15, 2000: Beginning on January 9, 2001, and continuing through the month, the staff of Himalayan Institute will post "the Kumbha Mela Times," a daily online newspaper covering the upcoming Kumbha Mela in Allahabad, India. Thirty million devotees are expected on the main bathing day in late January.
UK Media Provides Full Coverage of Maha Kumbha Mela:
Source: http://www.channel4.co.uk/guide/listings.cfm
LONDON, ENGLAND, December 30, 2000: Bathing in the sacred River Ganga for purification and upliftment is a grand event once every 12 years. Beginning January 6, 2001, BBC Channel 4 in the United Kingdom will be providing Hindu devotees with coverage of the Maha Kumbha Mela where tens of millions of pilgrims, sadhus, and gurus partake in the month-long divine ceremony.
Kumbhamelaprayag 2001:
http://www.kmp2001.com/
http://www.kmp2001.com/kmp.html
Maha-Kumbha mela page:
http://64.225.81.46/mkm/
http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/vhexcursions/
Main
Bathing Dates
9th January, 2001 - Paush Purnima
14th January, 2001 - Makar Sankranti
24th January, 2001 - Mauni Amavasya
29th January, 2001 - Basant Panchami
8th February, 2001 - Magh Purnima
21st February, 2001 - Mahashivaratri
For detail information - Please write to :
Regional Tourist Officer,
U.P. Tourism,
35 - M.G. Marg,
Allahabad (U.P), India
Phone : 091-532-601873
Fax : 091-532-611374
