Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India

Saraswati 

(Being one of the chief Rigvedic Rivers, as per the Hindu scripts and texts, Saraswati River is also famously known as Ghaggar-Hakra River. The Saraswati River is mentioned between the east of Yamuna and west of Sutlej in the early Rigvedic 'Nadistuti' hymn. But later in the other Vedic scriptures it is said that the Saraswati River dried up in a desert.)

lived in the memories, legends and stories of people

from their far back behind..the Vedic perod,

(For 2000 years, between 6000 and 4000 B.C., the Saraswati flowed as a great river.)

by crossing the long corridors of time unknown..

through the ancestors of  
Aryan and Mohanjodaro-Harappan civilizations,

to the Gangetic plains;

and then 
Saraswati came to exist as myth..

not so far 
but near to the Yamuna and Ganges Sangam 
in Prayag, Allahabad,

and so the place to be recalled as  
Triveni Sangam !! 

An element of 'Dream Realism'

with

people at large

as the 

"memory-carriers"

http://throughpicture.blogspot.com/2013/01/vedic-rituals-flow-of-civilization.html
 http://sciencedoing.blogspot.com/2013/01/saraswati-lost-river-of-india.html


Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage in which Hindus gather at the Sangam, meeting place, of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati, at Prayag where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially auspicious.
Kumbh Mela is to be observed from 14th January 2013 to 10th March 2013, for 54 days.

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  (This Magh Mela is called so, as it falls in the Magh period (Jan-Feb) of the Hindu calendar. It is believed that taking a dip at the sangam will free the devotees from sin or guilt. During this period a township will be arranged to accommodate several pilgrims on the banks of River Ganga. Millions of devotees from various parts of India participate in this auspicious mela.

  When Allahabad was annexed in 1193 by Muhammad of Ghor, the city became a part of the Delhi Sultanate. In 1526, the Mughal invasion of India began, after which the city became a part of their empire. Emperor Akbar founded Allahabad by the name of 'Illhabas' in 1575 AD, meaning the City of Allah, which has now become Allahabad.)

Allahabad is one of the most famous and old pilgrim centers in Uttar Pradesh, India. 

The name Allahabad is previously called as Prayaga. 

The mughal emperor Akbar visited Prayag in the year 1575. 

After that he renamed the place as Allahabad.

The place is famous for 'triveni sangam'. 

Triveni Sangam is the "confluence" of three rivers. 
Sangama is the Sanskrit word for confluence. 
Allahabad has two physical rivers Ganges, 
Yamuna, and the invisible or mythic Saraswati River. 
A bath here is said to wash away all of one's sins and free one from the cycle of rebirth.

Famous festival Kumbh mela and Ardhkumbh Mela is held here every twelve and six years. 

This is celebrated on the banks of the triveni sangam. 

The poorna kumbh is always celebrated in Allahabad.