KUMBH MELA

Kumbh Mela – the largest human gathering on the planet !

From time immemorial people have been gathering for the ritual of bathing on auspicious days. T hough written record appears in diaries of travellers circa 500 AD and onward, it is known to be as ancient as religion itself. This fair, which in 2001 has brought more than 25 Million people together for the most auspicious day (the gathering was so immense, it was seen from outer space), is based on a myth of the Maha Kumbh Mela originates from the Shrimad Bhagavatam Veda. .

The Demons and the Angels were churning the ocean in order to raise its hidden secrets. First emerged a deadly poison which Shiva drank in order to save everyone (hence the blue throat). After the poison many good blessings came in the way of gifts for the world. Eventually, Danwantri, the divine healer appeared holding a kumbh (pitcher) full of Amrita - the nectar of immortality. The Demons and Angels were both trying to posses the pitcher. The angel Jayanta took possession of the nectar and flew with it away towards the heavens where it could be protected. On the way he stopped at four places: Allahabad), Haridwar, Nasik and Ujjain. Some drops of the nectar have touched earth in each of these spots.

So, a fair where the bliss, peace, love, compassion would be showered on masses from space , who participate and take holy bath on the pre-decided dates at the significant places.

Does it mean that the Kumbh Mela is a ritual or a religious affair? Or a product of Indian Mythologies? No, not at all. Like most myths, the story has depth in hidden meaning and symbolism. In yogic sense, it is the most scientific experience to happen to our Universe. An auspicious time of culmination of various planets in a particular position in our Galaxy. A time when this culmination sends forth its radiation to a particular spot on the earth and its surroundings which cleanse the environment, the polluted confused minds of the masses. Thus, peace and harmony are bestowed on humankind. This happens when people take bath at various destined places of Kumbh Mela on different dates in particular years. And symbolically, the ocean can be likened to consciousness, the stirring struggle of angels and demons to human awareness of desires and self-awareness. The nectar is the liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth.

If you would like to stay at Pilot Baba camp for the next Kumbh Mela at Nasik (2004), please contact :info@mahayog.com

Pilot Baba is a Mahayogi who has made his own life an adventure, an inquiry into the nature of things as they are and has not surrendered to conventions of society. He has always thought of the journey ahead and never looked back to what is behind. Now that he has become a Mahayogi he is a master at the helm of his journey.

It is "Discovery of your own truth, divine identity". Living in the divine and merging within the whole. Nothing but feeling of “ONENESS ” emerges in you. To know oneself through Samadhi is to meet one's true Self, it is the beginning of knowing Consciousness.