Twelve Purna Kumbhs make one Maha Kumbh
Twelve Purna Kumbhs make one Maha Kumbh. This year it is special just because It is not an Ardha Kumbh and not a Purna Kumbh. This time its specialty is after 144 years it comes Maha Kumbh mela It was a Maha Kumbh, after all. Thus, on the twelfth Purna Sannu Yog, there is a Maha Kumbh Mela. This is why special interest has been shown in this Maha Kumbh Mela for the whole country and the rest of the world.
It will be seen interestingly that our country’s average life expectancy now stands at 70 or nearly 71 years. It has risen by almost 11 years and crossed the 60 years of the nineteenth century. Most of the people fear that they might never get an opportunity to bathe in the next Mahakumbh, which takes place once in every 144 years. So they do not wish to miss a chance to take a bath and gain punya in this Mahakumbh being undertaken in Prayagraj this year. Therefore, it is estimated that at least 45 crore people out of the 145 crore people in India will bathe in this Mahakumbh Mela this year.
So its main purpose is to bathe in pabitra water in the pabitra snan . Makar Sankranti is an important tithi. Because on this tithi, Makar is bathed in various rivers. Because it is the dawn of the sun’s Uttarayan. On this day, the sun turns north from Makar Sankranti. Therefore, special worship is performed at the Devapeeths on this occasion. Devotees perform this worship by bathing in the pabitra water of the river.
