{"id":11045,"date":"2016-04-29T16:14:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T16:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=11045"},"modified":"2016-04-29T16:14:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T16:14:03","slug":"simhastha-kumbh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/simhastha-kumbh\/","title":{"rendered":"Simhastha Kumbh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: On the bank of of which of the followiing river does the Simhastha (Kumbh) mela is being organised in Ujjain from 22 April-21 May 2016?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Narmada<br \/>\n(b) Shipra<br \/>\n(c) Godavari<br \/>\n(d) Varuna<br \/>\n<strong>Ans (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The month-long Simhastha (Kumbh) mela one of the largest congregations of Hindus, began in Ujjain on 22 April 2016 on the banks of Kshipra river.<\/li>\n<li>Kumbh mela held after a gap of 12 years at four places in India namely Haridwar (Uttarkhand), Allahabad (Prayad-Uttar Pradesh), Nasik (Trimbakeshwar-Maharashtra) and Ujjian (Madhya Pradesh).<\/li>\n<li>According to Hindu mythology, during this epic battle to capture the Urn (Kumbh) containing the nectar, drops of the precious liquid fell on these four places.<\/li>\n<li>The Ujjain Kumbh is celebrated when Jupiter ascends into sun sign Leo&#8217;s quarter or the Simha constellation of zodiac, which is why it is called &#8216;Simhastha&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simhasthujjain.in\/\">http:\/\/www.simhasthujjain.in\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mptourism.com\/pdf-html\/simhastha\/index-su.html\">http:\/\/www.mptourism.com\/pdf-html\/simhastha\/index-su.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simhasthujjain.in\/about-simhasth\/snan-dates\/?lang=hi\">http:\/\/www.simhasthujjain.in\/about-simhasth\/snan-dates\/?lang=hi<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/simhastha-kumbh-mela-begins-in-ujjain-today-2765143\/\">http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/simhastha-kumbh-mela-begins-in-ujjain-today-2765143\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: On the bank of of which of the followiing river does the Simhastha (Kumbh) mela is being organised in Ujjain from 22 April-21 May 2016? (a) Narmada (b) Shipra (c) Godavari (d) Varuna Ans (b) Related facts: The month-long Simhastha (Kumbh) mela one of the largest congregations of Hindus, began in Ujjain on 22 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}