Mahakumbh The Spiritual Gathering

In the coming days, there is a lot of buzz in our country about the Kumbh Mela. Let us talk about the spiritual, mythological and saintly views on Kumbh:

Kumbh- a spiritual, ideological and mythological gathering

For years, Maha Kumbh has been a pilgrimage where thousands of devotees come every day and spend their precious time in the memory of God with a single desire. This Kumbh held in the month of January is a symbol of unity or gathering of millions of devotees, on the other hand, if seen, the mythological story behind it is also amazing.

Mythological aspect of Kumbh

It is said that during the churning of the ocean, there was a lot of struggle between the gods and demons to obtain the immortal element. The drops of nectar that came out during the churning fell on four places on the earth, which included Haridwar, Prayagraj, Ujjain and Nashik. There was a competition between the gods and demons to get this nectar. Then Lord Vishnu took the form of Mohini and protected that nectar pot. From there, the tradition of Kumbh started at four places in India. People believe that after taking Kumbh bath, our sins are washed away and we attain salvation.

Kumbh- Spiritual and ideological view

It would also be appropriate to say here that Kumbh is a symbol of Indian religion and culture from one point of view. We need to understand the Kumbh festival deeply. Should Kumbh be seen only from the point of view of a bath or as a means to erase sins? If a person commits a thousand sins, whether he has hurt many people, or he has committed many thefts, lied, has committed serious acts like murder etc., then can you get rid of your sins by taking one Kumbh bath? Just as when people go to a temple and pray to God, the aura there is drenched in the memory of that God, similarly when you go to a particular place with a purpose, the atmosphere there changes in the same way. In Kumbh, there is a satsang of saints and mahatmas. Kumbh is a place or an opportunity to remember every aspect of human life that shows the way to reach God. One should take advantage of incorporating it in one's life.

Perspective of saints

When we repeat any of our deeds thinking that we will atone for it by just taking a bath, then we try to erase the feeling of doing the deed very easily. The meaning of the saying "we reap what we sow" becomes blurred. If our worst deeds could be erased just by gathering at one place and taking a bath in a lake, then the world created by God would have suffered more sorrows. Saints and mahatmas see Kumbh from a spiritual point of view. For them, Kumbh is a gathering to remember God together, where every person bows down before God and asks for forgiveness for his sins through prayer and then vows not to repeat them. No matter how you remember or pray to God, He listens to you. Just as a person gets an easy, comfortable, positive outlook towards life by attending satsangs, Maha Kumbh is also like that satsang where everyone tries to connect with that divine flow. Kumbh is a kind of internal bath, in which a person needs to connect with that continuous flow of God flowing inside him. If any person does meditation, then he attains that Sachchidananda inside himself instead of outside, he becomes a bather in that blissful lake. That God resides inside us, for this we have to first search inside ourselves.