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Contents

CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. 1

KUMBHA MELA – THE PURPOSE ............................................................................................ 3

KUMBHA MELA – THE LEGEND ............................................................................................. 10

KUMBHA MELA – A TRYST WITH JUPITER ............................................................................. 16

KUMBHA MELA – EARTH AND SKY, WATERS CONNECT ........................................................ 24

SACRED WATERS – PUNYA TEERTH ...................................................................................... 30

THAMIRABARANI PUSHKARAM ........................................................................................... 39

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WATER - THE ESSENCE OF BHARATIYA CIVILIZATION ............................................................ 53

ABOUT AUTHORS ................................................................................................................ 55

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Kumbha Mela – The Purpose

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“Following the Equator: A journey

around the world”

Mark Twain

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Adi Shankara

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Kumbha Mela – The Legend

The Kumbha Mela Festival

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A Samudra Manthan Scene Depiction, Swarnabhoomi Airport, Thailand

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Indra and Vrtra

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Kumbha Mela – A Tryst with

Jupiter

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The Kumbh, Pitcher

Aquarius Zodiac

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Kumbha Mela – Earth and Sky,

Waters Connect

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Sacred Waters – Punya Teerth

Prapancha, Panchabhuta

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Pushakarni, Punya Teerth, Kalyani

Pushkarni at Tirumala

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Mantra to Purify

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Water, enriched by Japa, being poured over people during milestone

events in their life

Japa – Justified by Japanese

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Masaru Emoto, the Japanese Researcher Emoto’s work, the first photo

collection of frozen water crystals

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Contrast in shape of molecule in different environments

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Effect of emotions on Water Crystal

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Thamirabarani Pushkaram

Thamirabarani River

From Sahayadri to Bay of Bengal in Tirunelveli

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Rishi Agastya

Agastiyar Temple

Agastiyar Ghat

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In Ramayana

Sugreeva

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Sugreeva instructing the Vanara to search in all directions – A Palm leaf

sketch

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Mahabharata

Sangam Texts

Tamil Scholar of Sangam period

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Pandya kings ruled here

Temples abound

Nava Tirupati

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s visit to Nava Tirupati

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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

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Karukkuthurai Murugan Temple

Karukkuthurai Murugan Temple on Thamirabarani River

Pushkaram every 12 years

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Aarthi being performed to Thamirabarani River

Jupiter Transit from Tula to Vrshaka

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Kumbh Festival

The Kumbh Mela festival

Kumbh

Veda

Hiranyagarbha

Brahmanda Visfotak

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Mahapushkaram every 144 years

Need to protect from Pollution

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Water - The essence of

Bharatiya Civilization

Varsha Varsha Varsha

Varsha

Varsha

Varsha

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About Authors

Introduction

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A Challenge

Their Approach

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Compilation

Speakers

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Publications

Reach

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