In the context of the cultural history of India Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu gather to take a dip in a...........

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In the context of the cultural history of India, Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu gather to take a dip in a holy river. In which of the following place Kumbh Mela is held every twelth years?

Prayag-Haridwar-Ujjain-Nashik

Prayag-Ujjain-Puri-Dwarika

Nashik-Prayag-Puri-Haridwar

Rameshwaram-Puri-Prayag-Haridwar

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Explanation:

Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism. It is celebrated in a cycle of approximately 12 years at four river-bank pilgrimage sites: the Prayag (Ganges-Yamuna-mythical Saraswati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipra). The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass feedings of monks or the poor, and entertainment spectacle. The faithfuls believe that bathing in these rivers is a means to prayascitta (atonement, penance) for past mistakes, and that it cleanses them of their sins.