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President Murmu formally opens Nashik Kumbh Mela
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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.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
முக்கிய உண்மைகள்
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)
ப்ரிலிம்ஸ் · மெயின்ஸ்
How the exam will ask it
ப்ரிலிம்ஸ்
- 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.
மெயின்ஸ்
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
Answer before you reveal
The President formally opened the Nashik Kumbh Mela. At Nashik, the Kumbh Mela is held on the banks of the river:
- Narmada
- Godavari
- Shipra
- Krishna
விடையைக் காட்டு
விடை: B — Correct: Godavari — Nashik's Kumbh Mela takes place on the Godavari. • Narmada — wrong: The Narmada is not a Kumbh site river. • Shipra — wrong: The Shipra is the river at Ujjain, another Kumbh site, not Nashik. • Krishna — wrong: The Krishna is not associated with any Kumbh Mela site.
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