The Legend behind Maha Kumbh - Page 3

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the theme of the show offers a lot of scope for discussions on ancient scriptures and mythology, so lets learn more about our fascinating heritage through this.

Originally posted by: Gul.S_Ef

Thanku Arshi ji, watching Mahakumbh will be very easy now 😊

Gul, I am sure we will enjoy this unique show

Originally posted by: Arshics

HU The word Kumbh means a matka or a pitcher

The legend of Kumbh is from the Puranas.

According to this legend, the Devtas and the rakshasas decided to do samudra manthan, ( churning of the ocean ) to unveil all its treasures and then share them half and half.

During this manthan, they found immense wealth and jewels which they shared equally

Next they found a pitcher full of Vish or the poison

The Vish was split halfways, the asuras, could drink the Vish and not be harmed by it, but the Devtas were afraid to drink it.

Shiva then came to the rescue of the Devtas and drank the entire Vish that was the Devtas' share.

The Vish was burning Shivas body, so Chandrma came and rested on his forehead and immediately cooled it down.

Which is why shiva is blue from the neck up, because of the effect of the Vish.

The last thing to be discovered was a pitcher full of Amrit.

Th Devtas were the first to find it and were scared that if they share it with the Rakshasas, they would becomed immortal and thus evil would be hard to beat.

The Devtas hid the Kumbh of Amrit, and that led to a massive war that lasted for 12 days and 12 nights, in which the Asuras were defeated.

During this war, it is believed that the drops of Amrit fell on 4 places on the earth - Allahabad, haridwar, ujjain and Nasik.

Once every 12 years a Kumbh mela is held at each of these 4 locations to mark this event.

And once every 144 years, the mela is held in full grandeur attended by millions of people and is called the Mahakumbh.

The last MAHAKUMBH Mela was held in 2013 in Allahabad, and this place and period will be the setting of the show Mahakumbh.

Reference has already been made to the search for Amrit - the nectar of immortality, and of the 12 year wait after which the time will come to find Rudr!...

Originally posted by: chitterati

@bold: in addition Parvati held shiv as throat so that Vish wouldn't spread through his body...and thus the neck of shiva becam blue...thus the name neelkanth

thats an interesting version, I had not heard that. wow getting to know so many new things.

Originally posted by: ghalibmirza

hey shana its me mandy🤗..i am back to gauti show😉..how are you?

Hi Mandy ,how r u .

So good to see u again ,love u . 😃

Originally posted by: ShanUlas

Hi Mandy ,how r u .

So good to see u again ,love u . 😃

love you too shana🤗..a good show after a long time! left SC half way..still watching my jodha akbar😉..and still rajat is mesmerizing me😳..and now our gauti😉