Dev Deepawali, when lamps are lit along the ghats of Varanasi, is observed on which day?
- A.Kartik Purnima
- B.Kartik Amavasya
- C.Maghi Purnima
- D.Sharad Purnima
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Kartik Purnima. Dev Deepawali falls on the full moon of Kartik, fifteen days after Diwali, when lakhs of earthen lamps are lit on the steps of the Varanasi ghats and floated on the river; the Ganga Mahotsav of music and crafts closes on the same day.
Option B is wrong because Kartik Amavasya, the new moon of the same month, is Diwali itself and not Dev Deepawali. Option C is wrong because Maghi Purnima is a bathing day of the Magh Mela at Prayagraj. Option D is wrong because Sharad Purnima, the full moon of Ashwin, comes a month earlier and is kept with kheer left out in the moonlight. The same Kartik Purnima carries the Bateshwar fair in Agra district and the Garhmukteshwar bathing fair in Hapur.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Kumbh Mela held at Nashik and Trimbakeshwar takes place on the bank of which river?
- A.Shipra
- B.Godavari
- C.Narmada
- D.Tapi
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Of the four Kumbh sites, Nashik and the neighbouring Trimbakeshwar stand on the Godavari, which rises at Trimbakeshwar itself; the Nashik Kumbh comes when both Jupiter and the Sun are in Leo.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Kumbh Mela inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
- A.2010
- B.2013
- C.2017
- D.2021
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The Kumbh Mela was added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017, and it is the element most often quoted from India on that list along with Ramlila, Vedic chanting, Kutiyattam, Chhau, Yoga and Navroz.
Read the full explanation →The Ardh Kumbh, held about six years after a full Kumbh, takes place at which two places?
- A.Prayagraj and Haridwar
- B.Ujjain and Nashik
- C.Prayagraj and Ujjain
- D.Haridwar and Nashik
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All four Kumbh sites hold a full Kumbh once in about twelve years, but only the two on the Ganga, Prayagraj and Haridwar, also hold an Ardh Kumbh at the halfway point of about six years.
Read the full explanation →Maha Shivratri is celebrated in the honour of the Hindu deity, Lord Shiva in the Hindu month of ________.
- A.Kartika
- B.Chaitra
- C.Phalguna
- D.Vaishakha
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Maha Shivratri falls on the Chaturdashi of the dark half of Phalguna, which comes in February or March, and in Uttar Pradesh it is the closing bathing day of the Magh Mela at Prayagraj and the biggest night of the year at the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi.
Read the full explanation →The annual Magh Mela, held from Paush Purnima to Mahashivratri, takes place at which city of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Varanasi
- B.Prayagraj
- C.Mathura
- D.Ayodhya
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The Magh Mela is held every year on the sands of the Sangam at Prayagraj, running from Paush Purnima to Mahashivratri, and pilgrims who live there through the month under a fixed discipline are called kalpvasis.
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