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Social, Religious, Scientific and Economic importance of Kumbh.​

Answer 1

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The Prayagwal pandas initially went along, according to colonial records, but later resisted as the impact of the religious tax on the pilgrims ...

Answer 2

Kumbh Mela

Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain.

Social importance ;

Kumbh Mela (the festival of the sacred Pitcher) is the largest peaceful congregation of pilgrims on earth. ... As it is held in four different cities in India, it involves different social and cultural activities, making this a culturally diverse festival.

Economic importance;

In 2013, when the Kumbh Mela was last held, it created an estimated 100,000 jobs directly in the arrangements of the festival and an equal amount in the wider economy. Local authorities estimated that the impact of the Kumbh Mela is about 15 to 20 times the amount of money spent organising it.

So, it is also economically very important.

Religious importance;

Kumbh Mela, also called Kumbha Mela, in Hinduism, religious festival that is celebrated four times over the course of 12 years, the site of the observance rotating between four pilgrimage places on four sacred rivers—at Haridwar on the Ganges River, at Ujjain on the Shipra, at Nashik on the Godavari, and at Prayag (modern Prayagraj) at the confluence of the Ganges, the Jamuna, and the mythical Sarasvati. Each site’s celebration is based on a distinct set of astrological positions of the Sun, the Moon, and Jupiter, the holiest time occurring at the exact moment when these positions are fully occupied. The Kumbh Mela at Prayag, in particular, attracts millions of pilgrims. In addition, a Great Kumbh Mela festival is held every 144 years at Prayag; the 2001 festival attracted some 60 million