
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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Keshi Ghat on the banks of Yamuna at Vrindavan. Lord Krishna killed the Keshi demon here. Keshi Ghata is on the bank of the Yamuna. One who bathes here gets the benediction of bathing in all of the holy places. There is an arati performed here every day at sunset. This is the only ghata in Vrindavana that is still on the bank of the Yamuna. The Adi-varaha Purana says that Keshi Ghata is a 100 times more sacred than the Ganges and that by offering pinda (sraddha) to the forefathers at Keshi Ghata, one gets the same result of offering pinda in Gaya. On the ghata are some small temples dedicated to Rama, Hanuman and Yamuna. There is the Mancinteswara Mahadeva Temple dedicated to Lord Siva here. Next to it is the Yamuna Temple, which has a picture of Krishna thrusting His hand into the mouth o
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