The religious fairs held in India since time immemorial are known as Kumbha Melas; they have kept spiritual goals in constant sight of the multitude. Devout Hindus gather by the millions every six years to meet thousands of sadhus, yogis, swamis, and ascetics of all kinds. Many are hermits who never leave their secluded haunts except to attend the melas and bestow their blessings on worldly men and women.
The roots of Kumbh Mela date back to the ancient times. In the Vedic religion holiday jars associated with the battle of the gods and Asuras for a jug of Amrita, spahtannoy from milk ocean. It is believed that drops of Amrita fell to the ground in four places - Prayag, Haridwar, Nashik and Udzhayne. Only in one of those places every Kumbh Mela has been held. The great sage Shankara called sadhus gathered at the Kumbha-Cretaceous to discuss the pressing theological issues.
In 2010, Kumbh Mela was held in Haridwar.
Sri Yukteshvar always participated in such Melachim and one of them, according to a story told by Yogananda, he met Babaji Nagaraj.
At the Kumbh Mela Babaji Nagaraj said Sri Yukteshvaru words that relate to each of us: 'For the faults of the many, judge not the whole. Everything on earth is of mixed character, like a mingling of sand and sugar. Be like the a wise ant, which seizes only the sugar and leaves the sand untouched."
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