News Desk, Amar Ujala, Haridwar
Updated Fri, 01 Jan 2021 02:16 AM IST
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Abstract
- The 2021 festival will be filled, Kumbhanagari is ready to welcome devotees from home and abroad
In detail
The main attraction of the year will be the second full Aquarius of the century. Devotees from all over the world will flock to Haridwar once the corona vaccine is expected. Due to the movements of the planets, this Aquarius is falling in the 11th year instead of the 12th. Aquarius Mela also has only 48 days. Aquarius will have a total of four royal baths with the pair of Jupiter and Sun. There will be lakhs of people from 113 akhadas on this bath, who will come to Harki Padi for bathing.
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The first royal bath will be held on 11th March Shivratri, the second royal bath on 12th April Somvati Amavasya and the third main royal bath on 1st April April Aries Sankranti. All thirteen amphitheater baths on all three baths. The fourth royal bath will also take place on April 27 on the Baishakh full moon. But only three non-resident birds will bathe in that bath. These bathing saints do not perform akhad.
Haridwar Aquarius is held on the entry of Jupiter in Aquarius and Sun in Aries. The Sun enters Aries on April 14 every year. So Jupiter comes in Aquarius every twelve years. This time the eleventh year is coming on the fifth of April. The main bathing festival of Aquarius on April 14 will last for a month. It will be perfect for New Year festivities.