John Williams: Take Me To The River (The Ardh Mela)

John Williams: Take Me To The River (The Ardh Mela)

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Wed 4 May ’11, 10:00am–4:30pm
Thu 5 May ’11, 10:00am–4:30pm
Fri 6 May ’11, 10:00am–4:30pm
Sat 7 May ’11, 10:00am–4:30pm
Sun 8 May ’11, 11:00am–4:30pm
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Where: PATAKA Art + Museum, Cnr Parumoana and Norrie St, Porirua - Mana Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

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  • Admission: Free

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Hindu mythology tells of a battle between the gods and demons for the nectar of life, which was produced from the churning of the milk ocean and placed into a pot (kumbh).

The coveted kumbh was spirited over India by the physician of the gods who, en-route to paradise, stopped to rest in four places: Nasik, Ujjain, Haridwar and Allahabad. Allahabad is perhaps the most auspicious of these because of the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers at the Sangam.

There is a mela (fair) here every year, an ardh (half) mela every six years and a kumbh (full) mela every twelve years. On these occasions the banks of the river are turned into a religious fairground as millions of pilgrims come to bathe in the sacred rivers.

On January 19 2007 when these photos were taken, an estimated 20 million people bathed in the river, making this the largest congregation of people in the world.

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