English Explanatory Dictionary

Kumbh Mela

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A Hindu festival, held every twelve years at four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers for purification from sin.

Word forms

Kumbh Mela Kumbh Melas Kumbha Mela

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani کُمبھ میلَہ (kumbh melā) / कुंभ मेला (kumbh melā). Related to kumbha and mela.

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