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President Murmu formally opens Nashik Kumbh Mela
ಸುದ್ದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕೆ?
Four Kumbh cities, four rivers: can you match Nashik to its river? GS1 culture staple
President opens the Nashik Kumbh Mela.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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President Droupadi Murmu hoisted the religious flag to formally open the Nashik Kumbh Mela.
The Kumbh Mela rotates among four sites - Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik - and at Nashik it is held on the banks of the Godavari.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- Kumbh Mela rotates among four sites: Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik
- Nashik's Kumbh Mela is held on the banks of the Godavari
- Prayagraj: confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati; Haridwar: Ganga; Ujjain: Shipra
- President Droupadi Murmu hoisted the religious flag to formally open the Nashik Kumbh Mela
- The Kumbh Mela is inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2017)
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- The Kumbh Mela is held at four sites: Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik, each on a river bank.
- At Nashik the Kumbh Mela is held on the Godavari, while at Ujjain it is held on the Shipra.
- The Kumbh Mela is on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS1 (Indian culture): The Kumbh is a living tradition linking pilgrimage, river worship and syncretic social gathering across four rotating sites. Its mass scale raises issues of crowd management, river pollution and heritage conservation. The way forward is safe crowd planning, clean-river measures and sustainable infrastructure that protects the intangible heritage.
Quick recall
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ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಪತಿಗಳು ನಾಶಿಕ್ ಕುಂಭಮೇಳವನ್ನು ಅಧಿಕೃತವಾಗಿ ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿದರು. ನಾಶಿಕ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಂಭಮೇಳ ಯಾವ ನದಿಯ ದಡದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ?
- ನರ್ಮದಾ
- ಗೋದಾವರಿ
- ಶಿಪ್ರಾ
- ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: B — ನಾಶಿಕ್ ಕುಂಭಮೇಳ ಗೋದಾವರಿ ನದಿಯ ದಡದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ; ಶಿಪ್ರಾ ಉಜ್ಜಯಿನಿಯ ನದಿ.
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