UNFOLDING FAITH

About the Book

India is a land of mythologies, customs and rituals. It contains almost all varieties of religious practices known to the world. The KumbhMela is one of the prominent religious practices of Hindu religion in India. This book has been designed to make you familiar with the various aspects of this great traditionalist Hindu practice. It starts with the legends attached to the origin of the KumbhaMela in India. It contains details about where and how the KumbhMelas take place in our country. There are four places in India where the KumbhMela is organized every twelve years. Between two KumbhMelas occur ArdhaKumbhs. However, the most important of all where devotees get a life-time fortune to take a holy dip is MahaKumbhMela. It takes place once in 144 years. The next KumbhMela is to be held in 2015 in Nashik. The book concludes with various details of Prayag, which is the venue of current KumbhMela. In contains details about the gathering, general administration, opportunities as well as threats and suggestion for beter planning Agam recalls the spiritual caravan of peace activists, Naga sadhus, tantriks, pilgrims, mystical walkers, wandering monks, miracle workers, roaming philosophers, natives of the land and foreigners at KumbhMela of 2013 in Paryag. The book contains the personal feeling of the author about the Mela, deliberation with administration, sadhus as well as tourists

About the Author

AUTHOR IS A YOUNG BOY WHO HAS EXCELLED NOT ONLY IN HIS SCHOOL ACADEMIC EDUCATION THROUGH OUT BUT HE WAS BRILLIANT IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, HE VISITED U.S.A & DID SCIENCE COURSE IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN 2012. SINCE CHILDHOOD HIS QUALITIES WERE CREATIVITY, VIVID IMAGINATION & OFTEN WERE THINKING ABOUT THE WRITING PROCESS, ABOUT BOOKS IN GENERAL, OR ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO BOTH. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EXTREMELY AVID READER, WHICH IN TURN HAS LED HIM TO ENJOY WRITING. PARENTAL INVESTMENT AND ATTITUDES HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT INFLUENCES ON AGAM’S SPIRITUAL TEMPERAMENT & SOCIO CULTURAL INTERESTS. THREE YEARS BACK AUTHOR WENT TO A PILGRIMAGE HARIDWAR, A SPECIAL PLACE OF VERY PERSISTENT HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC WHICH EXTEND ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURES AND BELIEF SYSTEM, WHICH INFLUENCED AUTHOR DEEPLY RATHER PILGRIMAGE FIRED THE IMAGINATIONS OF POTENTIAL WRITER AGAM. HE IS A GOOD OBSERVER AND SEES PEOPLE AND EVENTS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. BEING A GOOD LISTENER/OBSERVER, WHEN HE VISITED RECENTLY HELD PRAYAG KUMBH, HE MET DURING HIS VISIT, RELIGIOUS GURUS, HOLY SADHUS (SEERS),NAGAS & OTHER DEVOTEES WHICH ENABLED HIM TO RECREATE THE SCENES IN HIS MANUSCRIPT, PHOTO GALLERY & BRING IT TO LIFE. WITH CONATIVE & INFORMATIVE PURPOSE, AGAM VISITED KUMBH, DID SEARCH ON SUBJECT- KUMBH MELA, THE LARGEST CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.