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Kumbh Mela, n. Hinduism.
Brit. |kʊmb ˈmeɪlə|, U.S. |ˌkʊmb ˈmeɪlə|
Forms: 18 Coomb maila, 18 Cumbha Mela, 18 Cumb'ha Mela, 18– Kumbh Mela, 19– Kumbha Mela, 19– kumbhamela, 19– Kumbh-mela
[‹ Sanskrit kumbhamelā > n.1).]
A Hindu festival and assembly, held once every twelve years (in January or February, while the sun is in Aquarius) at one of four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the waters of a sacred river.
1810Asiatick Res. 11 450 Every twelfth year is celebrated with greater rejoicings, and is called the Cúmbha Méla. 1854E. Thornton Gazetteer East-India Company I. 197 Badrinath... From forty-five to fifty thousand pilgrims visit the shrine every twelfth year, when the Kumbh Mela is celebrated. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 229/1 Badrináth is the favourite resort of pilgrims from all parts of India. In ordinary years the number varies from 7000 to 10,000; but every twelfth year, when the festival of Kumbh Melá is celebrated, the concourse of persons is said to be 50,000. 1950Geogr. Rev. 40 265 Every twelfth year the Kumbh Mela brings together what is perhaps the greatest assemblage of human beings on one site, sometimes more than a million people. 1974Times 15 Apr. 3/4 More than 3,500,000 pilgrims, for whom attendance at a Kumbha Mela and immersion in the holy waters is extremely auspicious, were estimated to have reached Hardwar by today. 1991M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) iii. 87 The pandits said that 1989 would be the most important Kumbh Mela for 144 years, because of the particularly auspicious position of the stars and planets. |