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मुख्यमंत्री त्रिवेन्द्र सिंह रावत ने गुरूवार को सचिवालय में नगर विकास मंत्री मदन कौशिक के साथ 2021 में हरिद्वार में होने वाले महाकुंभ की तैयारियों की समीक्षा की. मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि कुंभ के कार्यों में तेजी लाने के लिए जल्द ही स्थाई मेला अधिकारी व मेला पुलिस अधिकारी की नियुक्ति की जायेगी. कुंभ में होने वाले स्थाई कार्यों की जल्द स्वीकृति दी जायेगी. उन्होंने कहा कि अक्ूटबर 2020 तक स्थाई प्रकृति के सभी कार्य पूर्ण कर लिये जाय. कार्यों की गुणवत्ता व पारदर्शिता का पूरा ध्यान रखा जाय. महाकुंभ को सुविधाजनक बनाने व भीड़ प्रबंधन में सहयोग के लिए आधुनिक तकनीक के इस्तेमाल पर विशेष ध्यान दिया जाय. बुजुर्ग श्रद्धालुओं के लिए सुविधाओं का विशेष ध्यान रखा जाय.

मुख्यमंत्री त्रिवेन्द्र ने कहा कि हरिद्वार महाकुम्भ के लिए लोगो (प्रतीक चिन्ह) व स्लोगन के लिए जनता के सुझाव आमंत्रित किये जाय. इसके लिए पुरस्कार राशि का प्राविधान किया जाय. कुंभ क्षेत्र में स्वास्थ्य सुविधा, पेयजल, टॉयलेट, सफाई आदि की व्यवस्था के लिए सुनियोजित प्लानिंग करने के लिए कहा. सकुशल कुंभ कराने व कार्यों की निरंतर निगरानी के लिए एक उच्च स्तरीय कमेटी बनायी जायेगी. मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि कुंभ के दौरान हरिद्वार में भीड़ प्रबंधन कैसे हो इसके समाधान के लिए जिलाधिकारी, पुलिस के अधिकारी व रेलवे के अधिकारी आपसी समन्वय कर सुनियोजित कार्ययोजना बनाये. मुख्यमंत्री त्रिवेन्द्र ने कहा कि बैरागी कैम्प व अन्य पार्किंग स्थलों पर अतिक्रमण न हो इसका विशेष ध्यान रखा जाय. अति महत्वपूर्ण प्रकृति के कार्यों को शीर्ष प्राथमिकता दी जाय. मेला क्षेत्र में स्नान घाटों का विस्तार करना जरूरी है. उन्होंने कहा कि अखाड़ों की सुविधा का पूरा ध्यान रखा जाय.

शहरी विकास मंत्री मदन कौशिक ने कहा कि स्नान पर्वों पर करोड़ों श्रद्धालु गंगा स्नान के लिए आते हैं, इसलिए मेला क्षेत्र में स्नान घाटों का विस्तार करना अति आवश्यक है. जटवाड़ा पुल से हरकी पैड़ी तक घाटों का विस्तार करना जरूरी है. मेले के दौरान हिल बाईपास को खोले रखने के लिए प्रयासों की जरूरत है. उन्होंने कहा कि मेडिकल कैंप के लिए पहले से ही स्थान चयन कर लिये जाय.
पुलिस महानिदेशक अनिल रतूड़ी ने बताया कि कुंभ मेले में 20 हजार से अधिक सुरक्षा कर्मियों की तैनाती की जायेगी. आग एवं भगदड़ की घटनाओं को रोकने के लिये विशेष कार्ययोजना बनाई जायेगी. कुंभ मेले में करोड़ों की संख्या में श्रद्धालु आते है ऐसे में भीड़ प्रबन्धन और सुरक्षा व्यवस्था के दृष्टि से हर सम्भव प्रयास किये जायेंगे. उन्होंने कहा श्रद्धालुओं को स्नान के लिए आने व जाने के मार्गों के लिए पूरी प्लानिंग की जायेगी.

जिलाधिकारी/मेलाधिकारी हरिद्वार दीपक रावत ने कहा कि कुंभ के दौरान भीड़ प्रबंधन के लिए हरिद्वार में रेलवे ट्रेक डबल 27 किमी होना है. जिसमें से 17 किमी पूर्ण हो चुका है. उन्होंने कहा कि एनएच कार्य जल्द पूर्ण होने पर कुंभ के दौरान श्रद्वालुओं के लिए काफी सुविधा हो जायेगी. जिलाधिकारी दीपक रावत ने कुंभ के लिए किये जा रहे कार्यों व आवश्यकताओं पर विस्तार से प्रस्तुतीकरण दिया.

बैठक में अपर मुख्य सचिव ओमप्रकाश, प्रमुख सचिव आनन्द वर्द्धन, सचिव डॉ. भूपेन्दर कौर औलख, शैलेश बगोली, अरविन्द सिंह ह्यांकी, गढ़वाल कमिश्नर बीवीआरसी पुरूषोत्तम, आईजी संजय गुंज्याल व सम्बन्धित विभागीय अधिकारी उपस्थित थे.

Source: uttaranchaltoday

हरिद्वार में महाकुंभ आयोजन का योग 2022 में नहीं, बल्कि 2021 में ही बन रहा है। विद्वत परिषद की बैठक में मंथन होने के बाद यह निर्णय लिया गया। साथ ही ग्रह योग भी 2021 के लिए ही बन रहे हैं।

मेष राशि में सूर्य तथा कुंभ राशि में बृहस्पति होने पर हरिद्वार में महाकुंभ का आयोजन होता है। 2022 में बृहस्पति कुंभ राशि में नहीं रहेंगे। अनेक लोग इसे 2022 में मनाने के पक्षधर हैं। उज्जयिनी विद्वत परिषद की बैठक में इस विषय पर मंथन करते हुए इसे वर्ष 2021 में मनाए जाने का निश्चय किया गया कि शंकराचार्यों, आचार्यों तथा हरिद्वार, काशी की विद्वत परिषद से चर्चा कर इस योग में कुंभ पर्व मनाने का निर्णय लिया जाना चाहिए।

5 जून को विद्वत परिषद के अध्यक्ष वरिष्ठ विद्वान डॉ. मोहन गुप्त की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित बैठक में विचार प्रस्तुत हुए। ज्योतिषाचार्य पं. श्यामनारायण व्यास द्वारा ज्योतिषीय गणना करते हुए हरिद्वार में आयोज्यमान कुंभ पर्व के संबंध में तर्क दिए गए। तदनुसार परिषद ने प्रस्तावित किया कि हरिद्वार का कुंभ पर्व 2021 में मनाया जाना उचित है। बैठक में उज्जैन में संपन्न सिंहस्थ महापर्व की समीक्षा भी की गई। पाणिनी संस्कृत वैदिक विश्वविद्यालय के कुलपति प्रो. रमेशचन्द्र पंडा, डॉ. केदारनाथ शुक्ल, प्रो. बालकृष्ण शर्मा, डॉ. भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित, पं. श्यामनारायण व्यास, पं. नारायण उपाध्याय, पं. वासुदेव पुरोहित आदि शामिल हुए।

11 लोगों की है विद्वत परिषद

विद्वत परिषद में शहर के कुल 11 विद्वान शामिल हैं। ये सभी अपने-अपने क्षेत्र में पारंगत हैं। सबने विचार किया और निर्णय लिया है कि हरिद्वार में कुंभ का योग 2021 में ही बन रहा है। वैसे यह हर 12 साल के बाद होता है, लेकिन इस बार यह ग्रह योग के चलते 11 साल में ही होगा। पं. श्यामनारायण व्यास ने कहा कि अर्ध कुंभ मनाए जाते में किसी तरह के ग्रह योग नहीं देखे जाते। 2016 में उज्जैन में महाकुंभ संपन्न हुआ है, उस अनुसार यदि देखा जाए तो छह साल बाद अर्थात 2021 में ही हरिद्वार का कुंभ होना चाहिए। उस अनुसार ग्रह योग भी बन रहे हैं।

Source: patrika

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This Kumbh mela 2019, the central and state agencies are ready to make Ganga pollution-free through controlling pollution. It will take hard measures to control and monitor activities near Ganga River to ensure it would be clean and safe. A new and green initiative to save Ganga announced by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). In order to make Ganga river pollution-free, National Green tribunal has banned all kinds of commercial and development activities within the range of 100 meters near Ganga. This decision was taken by National Green Tribunal between Bijnor and Unnao-Kanpur region. The National Green tribunal has taken this great green initiative so that our holy Ganga River can be saved from the high-amount of pollution.

“No Development / No Construction Zone”

To stand firm on its decision, now the area within the 100 meters of River Ganga is called as the “No Development / No Construction Zone”. The commercial activities along with leasing, auction, encroachments, and anti-pollution activities; everything that cause harm to the river Ganga are banned by National Green Tribunal. If any party is involved in doing such kind of activities within the defined range near River Ganga, that will be considered as illegal. Furthermore, issuance of NOC regarding any development plan within the defined range has now prohibited. In order to continue with this project, and to ensure the proper compliance of directives and standards, the National Green Tribunal has designated UP irrigation and urban development departments as the nodal agencies.

Monitoring of activities at state level

The monitoring of activities and proper implementation will be done at state level. Every month a meeting will be held to review all activities and directives. It will be the responsibility of the District Magistrates to ensure proper implementation of directives in a standard manner.
Now the respective authorities of the region can take actions against those squatters who do not remove their encroachments willingly. Moreover, NGT also has given directions to the Central Pollution control Board to impose ‘environmental compensation’ penalty of Rs 50,000 per day on those factories who are adhering the pollution norms.

Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has marked a new history by giving a new name to the “Allahabad.” Allahabad is now known for its new name “Prayagraj”. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has given the approval to rename it as Prayagraj on Tuesday. According to Mr. Siddharth Nath Singh who is the senior Cabinet Minister of UP, the proposal to rename the Allahabad has came before Kumbh. He further said that the major texts of India such as Rig veda, Mahabharat and Ramayana had also mentioned the name “Prayagraj” for Allahabad.

Addressing the Margdarshak Mandal Meeting pertaining to the Kumbh a few days ago, the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that Allahabad should be called as Prayagraj. Giving their ascent to his words, all the people, sages and seers were happy with this decision.

Journey of the name “Allahabad” to the “Prayagraj”

Are you aware of the fact that it was the third attempt to change the name of “Allahabad”. First of all the attempt to pass the approval for renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj was made in 1992 by the UP Chief Minister. Further, in 2001, Rajnath Singh’s cabinet had made their efforts to do the same. But, finally, in 2018, our Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has marked change in history by renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj.

Kumbh Mela has its huge importance among Hindus. It is popular not only in India but in overall world. The devotion of devotees, enthusiasm of people and powerful belief in its sacredness says all about attraction of Kumbh Mela. Due to great devotion and mythological power, Kumbh Mela is also considered as the largest religious festival. This grand religious festival held in rotation of 12 years, 6 years and 3-4 years. Here, we are going to cover about Ardh Kumbh Mela and the major attraction of kumbh mela that take place every 6 years.

This time Next Ardh Kumbh Mela is going to held from January 2019 to 4 March 2019. Ardh Kumbh held only at two places in India—–Allahabad and Haridwar.

Major Attraction of Kumbh Mela Allahabad 2019

We all know how important Kumbh Mela is for all Hindus. Don’t let this great opportunity go away from your hands. Be the part of this great religious festival Ardh Kumbh Mela in 2019.
Let’s talk about some major attractions of this Ardh Kumbh Mela 2019 that are the major contributors in joy of this festivals-

Shahi Snan

The Shahi Snan is also known as other different names such as the Royal Bath and the Rajyogi Snan. Saints of different Akharas (a kind of religious groups) takes holy bath in the river during Kumbh Mela. After taking of holy bath in the sacred river, they worship in all Hindu Pilgrims. According to the rituals of this grand festival Kumbh Mela, first of all Akharas of saints take their dip in the sacred river. Then all common men take their holy bath.

Consider the following important dates of this upcoming grand religious event, Ardh Kumbh Mela 2019, so that you don’t miss any amazing opportunity of Shahi Snan-

• 1st Shahi Snan- 15th January
• 2nd Shahi Snan- 4th February, on the day of Mauni Amavasya.
• 3rd Shahi Snan- 10th February

Akharas and Saints

This is one of the major attractions in Ardh Kumbh Mela. The Saints carry out all their religious practices in their Akharas with full dedication and devotion.Another major fact about them is that they are the followers of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. Therefore, there are two kinds of Akharas you will find in upcoming Ardh Kumbh Mela.

• Shaivite Akharas where the saints worship the Lord Shiva.
• Vaishnavite Akharas where the saints worship the Lord Vishnu.

Appearance of Saints

The appearance of these saints shows how devoted they are towards their Lord. They have matted hairs on their head. Some remain bare smearing ash over their body while some of them wear saffron clothes. Gain spiritual enlightenment from these saints by visiting Ardh Kumbh Mela in 2019.

Different kinds of saints:

Kalpvasis and Urdhwavahurs: These holy men capture attraction of Ardh Kumbh Mela every time. Kalpvasis are those group of saints who perform spiritual activities and meditation at the river bank. On the other hand, Urdhwavahurs are those saints who perform spiritual activities while making their bodies undergo several austerities.

Shirshasinse: These group of saints perform meditation while standing on their heads. They sleep too in this upright position. While doing this sometimes they take support of pole or wall.

Nagas: These saints smear ash all over their body along with matted hair. They constantly expose their body to the extremity of Himalayas.

Parivajakash: These are also one of the major attraction of Ardh Kumbh Mela. These saints have taken pledge or oath to keep quiet. This is also termed as “Maun Vrat”. To realize others their presence, they always carry a bell with them.

Satsangs

In satsangs, all devotees come together and pray their Gods. They listen the preach of Sadhus with full devotion. In this way, satsangs are the important part of Ardh Kumbh Mela. Moreover, people offer prayers in Ashrams and halls.

Night View of Kumbh City

During Ardh Kumbh Mela, you can enjoy and have an amazing experience of late night view of the city. From the Triveni Ghat, the view appears to be one of the beautiful sightseeing in the world. Just visit and have this great experience. The cool blowing breeze, and glittering Ghats have its own charm and attractiveness.

Langars & Prasad

Don’t miss the amazing and delicious Langars and Prasad of upcoming Ardh Kumbh Mela in 2019. All devotees and sadhus enjoy this delicious food during Kumbh Mela.

The Kumbh Mela is a kind of mass gathering of all devotees where people from many places gather together and show their devotion. Having their ritual importance and faith in Kumbh Mela, they take up the ritual bath in the holy river.

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Kumbh Mela, a religious festival of Hinduism is celebrated at four different place with full dedication and devotion over the course of 12 years. It is the largest fair held every 12 years in India. The gathering of a large number of people on this day itself says about its sacredness and popularity.

The four sacred places of India where Kumbh Mela is held every 12 years are-

• ★ Haridwar
• ★ Nasik
• ★ Ujjain
• ★ Allahabad (Prayag)

A large number of people not only from India but also from foreign countries also take part with full devotion in this grand event.

Do you know about the History of Kumbh Mela? The Origin of Kumbh Mela has huge importance among Indians. There is a big and interesting story of Amrit Manthan behind the Kumbh Mela History.

The Origin of Kumbh Mela:

Let’s discuss how and when was this grand event Kumbh Mela get started. According to mythology, there is a story of the curse of Durvasa Muni that led to the beginning of this grand event Kumbh Mela.

Once Durvasa Muni cursed the Demigods. Due to his curse, they lost their strength. The didn’t stop there and approached Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva in order to regain their strength. Both of them Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva gave advice to Demigods that they need to pray Lord Vishnu to regain their strength.

Lord Vishnu asked them to churn the ocean of milk which was then known as Ksheera Sagar in order to get Amrit. It was the only solution to regain their strength back, but this task was so sturdy for all of them. Since the demigods had not enough power and strength to do this task alone, they made a mutual agreement with Demons. The Demons were agreed to help them at only one condition. The condition was that they had to share half of the nectar of immortality (Amrit) with them.

The Meru Mountain played the role of churning rod to churn Ksheera Sagar. The king of serpents “Vasuki” played the part of rope around the mountain.

Fourteen unique items were produced through the process of churning-

• ★ Poison
• ★ Kamdhenu (also known as wish-fulfilling Cow)
• ★ Uchchaihshravas (A kind of White Horse)
• ★ Airavat (An elephant having four tusks)
• ★ Koustubha mani (A diamond)
• ★ Parijat Kalpavruksha (A wish-fulfilling tree)
• ★ Devanganas such as Rambha etc
• ★ Shri Lakshmi Devi (Consort of Shrivishṇu)
• ★ Sura (Alcohol)
• ★ Som (Moon)
• ★ Haridhanu (A Divine bow)
• ★ A Conch
• ★ Dhanwantari
• ★ Amrit Kalash or Amrit Kumbh (Pot of Amrit).

The Gods had fear in their mind that if the Demons became immortal by drinking Amrit, they will definitely create havoc in the whole world. Therefore, hen Dhanwantari appeared with Amrit Kalash in her hands, the Gods gave a signal to the Indra’s son, Jayant, to take that pot from Dhanwantari.

To get that Amrit Kalash, the Demons and Gods fought around 12 days as well as 12 nights. The one day of that time is considered to be equal to one year of the present time. During this battle, the few drops of Amrit fell down at four places of Earth. The places were Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik. That is why Kumbh Mela is celebrated every 12 years on these four places. This is the story behind the origin of Kumbh Mela.

कुंभ के दौरान इलाहाबाद आने वाले यात्रियों को बेहतर सुविधा देने के लिए परिवहन विभाग ने बड़ा फैसला किया है। परिवहन निगम इलाहाबाद शहर में 500 सिटी बसें चलाएगा। खास बात यह कि इन बसों में बिल्कुल मुफ्त यात्रा की सुविधा मिलेगी।

निगम ने नई बसें खरीदने की तैयारी शुरू कर दी है। प्रदेश के हर डिपो से भी कुंभ के लिए विशेष बसों का संचालन किया जाएगा। यह जानकारी परिवहन राज्यमंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) स्वतंत्रदेव सिंह ने मंगलवार को पत्रकारों से बातचीत में दी।

उन्होंने बताया कि परिवहन सेवा में सुधार के लिए कई तरह के प्रयास हो रहे हैं। यात्रियों को बेहतर व सुगम सुविधा मुहैया कराने पर फोकस किया गया है। इसी कड़ी में कुंभ पर इलाहाबाद में होने वाली श्रद्धालुओं की भीड़ को देखते हुए शहर के हर कोने से नई बसों के संचालन का फैसला किया गया है। इसके अलावा प्रदेश के अन्य डिपो से भी बसें चलाई जाएंगी। इसके लिए हर महीने 100-150 बसें खरीदी जाएंगी। इसकी पहली खेप आ भी गई है।

परिवहन मंत्री ने कहा, वैसे तो 2022 तक प्रदेश के सभी गांवों को परिवहन सेवा से जोड़ने का लक्ष्य तय किया गया है लेकिन कोशिश है कि इसे 2020 तक ही पूरा कर लिया जाए। उन्होंने बताया कि यूपी व हिमाचल प्रदेश के बीच बससंचालन शुरू करने का फैसला किया गया है। इसके लिए दोनों राज्यों के बीच जल्द ही एमओयू होगा।

नवंबर में शुरू होगा पिंक बसों का संचालन

परिवहन मंत्री ने बताया कि निर्भया योजना के तहत प्रदेश में नवंबर से पिंक बसों का संचालन शुरू किया जाएगा। महिलाओं के लिए विशेष तौर पर चलाई जाने वाली इन बसों में सीसीटीवी की व्यवस्था रहेगी। इन बसों में चालक व कंडक्टर भी महिलाएं ही होंगी।

प्रदेश में चलेंगी 750 सीएनजी बसें

बढ़ते प्रदूषण को देखते हुए परिवहन निगम ने प्रदेश में 750 सीएनजी बसें चलाने का भी फैसला किया है। सबसे अधिक बसें दिल्ली, मेरठ और मुरादाबाद तक चलेंगी। पहले चरण में 250 सीएनजी बस खरीदने के लिए टेंडर हो चुके हैं। इसी तरह कानपुर, लखनऊ और नोएडा में इलेक्ट्रिक बसों का भी संचालन शुरू होगा। इसके अलावा पूरे प्रदेश में सामान्य श्रेणी की स्लीपर बसें चलाने का निर्णय किया गया है। ऐसी 57 बसें खरीदने की प्रक्रिया शुरू कर दी गई है।

SRC: Amar Ujala

The forthcoming Kumbh Mela is expected to stand out for the warm and courteous welcome the pilgrims will receive from service providers like vendors, boatmen, guides and taxi drivers etc.

The Kumbh Mela 2019 administration and UP tourism department have already begun to teach etiquettes and manners to these service providers so that they can welcome the pilgrims in the best possible way.

The Kumbh is to be held between January and March 2019.

“These service providers will be provided a particular dress, to be decided later, and the logo of Kumbh Mela and UP tourism department will adorn the dress,” said Dinesh Kumar, deputy director, UP tourism department.

This will be for the first time that service providers will be in a particular dress, he said.

“Due to security concerns, and for creating a tourist-friendly image of the temporary city in the Kumbh Mela area, we have decided to train vendors, boatmen, guides, taxi drivers etc so that they treat the visitors with utmost respect. These trained men will be given uniform so that they can be easily identified from the vendors etc who have not received training by the government department. The idea is to make the trip of pilgrims and tourists comfortable and safe,” he added.

According to Kumar they plan to train 600 boatmen, 600 vendors, 600 guides and 600 taxi, tempo and battery van drivers who would be deputed in the mela area.

“The training would be held between October and December. These men would be later provided a uniform. The colour of the uniform is being discussed and it would most likely be different for each category of service providers. The tourism department has proposed a budget of Rs 2.44 crore for this,” he said.

The officer further informed that out of the proposed budget, the government has already approved Rs 1 crore. “This amount would be utilized on the training of service providers,” he said.

Kumar said the trained guides would also be authorized to take tourists on a trip of religious and heritage sites in the city during the Mela. The guides, boatmen, vendors, shop owners etc would be issued a formal certificate after the training to prove their credentials.

The officer added that plans are afoot to make sure that these service providers don’t overcharge the devotees.

SRC: Hindustan Times