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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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