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  2. Ujjain Simhastha - Wikipedia

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    Ujjain Simhastha is a Hindu religious mela held every 12 years in the Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh, India. The name is also transliterated as Sinhastha or Singhastha. In Hindi, the fair is also called Simhasth or Sinhasth (due to schwa deletion). The name derives from the fact that it is held when the Jupiter is in Leo (Simha in Hindu ...

  3. Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha - Wikipedia

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    Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha is a Hindu religious mela held every 12 years in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, India. The name of the festival is also transliterated as Sinhastha or Singhastha. It is one of the four fairs traditionally recognized as Kumbha Melas, and is also known as Nashik-Trimbak Kumbha Mela or Nashik Kumbha Mela.

  4. Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga - Wikipedia

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    shrimahakaleshwar.com. Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga (IPA: [mahākāleśvara]) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, shrines which are said to be the most sacred abodes of Shiva. It is located in the ancient city of Ujjain in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temple is situated on the side of the holy ...

  5. Shipra River - Wikipedia

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    Shipra (alternately: Kshipra) is a river in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The river rises in the North of Dhar district and flows north across the Malwa Plateau to join the Chambal River at the MP-Rajasthan boundary in Mandsaur district. It is one of the sacred rivers in Hinduism. The holy city of Ujjain is situated on its east bank.

  6. Malwa - Wikipedia

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    The river Shipra and the city of Ujjain have been regarded as sacred for thousands of years. The Mahakal Temple of Ujjain is one of the 12 jyotirlingas, literally meaning “pillars of light". Ujjain has over 100 other ancient temples, including Harsidhhi, Chintaman Ganesh, Gadh Kalika, Kaal Bhairava and Mangalnath. The Kalideh Palace, on the ...

  7. Kumbh Mela - Wikipedia

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    A 2019 stamp dedicated to Kumbh Mela. Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela (/ ˌkʊmb ˈmeɪlə /) is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, On February 4, 2019, Kumbh Mela witnessed the largest peaceful public gathering of humans ever recorded. [1]

  8. Jyotirlinga - Wikipedia

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    Omkareshwar is in Madhya Pradesh on an island in the Narmada River and home to a jyotirlinga shrine and the Mamaleshwar temple. 5 Baidyanath: Jharkhand: Deoghar: Baidyanath Temple also known as Baba Baidyanath Dham, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. It is located in Deoghar, in the Santhal Parganas division of the Indian state of Jharkhand ...

  9. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, which is headed by Mahant Swami Maharaj, is a denomination of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya within Hinduism. The mandir is located in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett and opened on August 7, 2004. It was built of hand-carved Italian marble and Turkish limestone. [1] The mandir is the largest of its kind in Illinois ...