Kumbha Sankranti is also associated with Kumbh Mela which is one of the biggest and the most auspicious religious gathering in the world. Kumbha Sankranti is the eleventh. Many communities across Eastern India celebrate Kumbha Sankranti with religious fervour. It is the day when the world’s largest religious festival takes place in one place and that is the Kumbha Mela. Millions of people come in for the Holy bath in the water of the Ganga River to remove all evil and sins of past and around them.
Kumbha Sankranti 2020 Date :
Name of festival | Day | Date of festival |
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Kumbha Sankranti | Thursday | 13 February 2020 |
This occasion is closely related with the Kumbh Mela and devotees attach much importance to bathing in the Ganges. On the day of Kumbha Sankranti, like all other Sankranti devotees should donate all kinds of food items, clothes and other necessities to the Brahmin Pandits.