Namaste,
Certains sont-ils déjà présents à
Haridwar pour ce début de Mela ?
Ebubu, quand y seras-tu ?
Je glane des infos par-ci par-là :
Details on Main Bathing Dates at Kumbh Mela 2010, Haridwar:
15 January 2010 : Mauni Amavasya and Surya Grahan : This phase of bathing could also be said as “ New Moon of the Saints”. For the holy men and women this is a main bathing day where they participated in gilded and naked procession.
20 January 2010 : Vasant Panchami : Vasant Panchami is also called as the fifth day of the bright half of the lunar month and is the beginning of spring in North
India. It’s the day when people prayed to God for a good bumper harvest.
30 January 2010 : Magh purnima : This is the full moon in the month of Magha (January – February). Winters is a memory and the moon shines over the holy river,
12 to 13 February 2010 – Mahashivratri – Pratham Shahi Snan : This is the great night of Lord Shiva and the Naked one, from whose dreadlocks the Ganges flows. He married parvati, daughter of Himalayas on this day.
15 March 2010 : Somvati Amavasya : the no moon day on a Monday is such an auspicious event that the river Ganga, the divine cosmos, along with all the revered pilgrimages on this earth, shower exceptional spiritual benediction on anyone who performs worship, or meditation on this auspicious day. The significance of this day is equivalent to the auspiciousness of a Solar Eclipse.
24 March 2010 : Ram Navami : A famous Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of their Lord Ram who was the significance of Lord Vishnu (Hari) in earth. It is auspicious to undertake a fast on this day in the name of Ram.
30 March 2010 : Chaitra Purnima Snan : The full moon night of Chaitra month is particularly sacred to the Chitra Guptas (the recording angels of the Hindu pantheon). A special worship is offered to these celestial representative of the god of deadth, and an offering of spiced rice is prepared and later distributed as prasad.
14 April 2010 : Amavasya or Krishna Paksha : The no moon night in the month of Vaisakh (termed as first month of year according to Hindu Calendar year) is the festival of Vata Savitri Vratam. It is a fast day observed by all Hindu married women for their husbands’ good health and longevity.
28 April 2010 – Vaishakha Purnima : The full moon night, last auspicious bathing date of the Kumbh Mela festival at
Haridwar marks the three major event of Lord Buddha’s life: His birth, enlightenment and death.
www.thekumbhmela.com/...h_bathing_dates.html
Je ne sais pas encore à quels bains je viendrais, j'ai du mal à trouver des infos précises sur leur déroulement...
Le 15 mars ou/et le 14 avril, en tout cas c'est sûr, je serais là