mela
Noun
Meaning
A Hindu religious festival.
A South Asian fair. [from 19th c.]
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In AD 43 and 77 the Roman authors Pomponius Mela and Pliny the Elder referred to the seven islands they call Haemodae main and Acmodae main respectively, both of which are assumed to be Shetland.
The District administration also makes elaborate arrangements of drinking water, security, power,sanitation,control on rates of various items etc to ensure, ration supply etc that people donot face any problem at the Mela.
People from various parts of the world come to see the Pushkar ka Mela (Pushkar Fair) and oases.
The Roman name Avennĭo Cavarum (Mela, II, 575, Pliny III, 36), i.e. "Avignon of Cavares" accurately shows that Avignon was one of the three cities of the Celtic-Ligurian tribe of Cavares, along with Cavaillon and Orange.
Every three years, more than 30 million Hindu worshippers gather for the Kumbh Mela in India, the world's largest religious gathering, in order to wash away their sins.
From the Ogallala Aquifer in the Midwestern US to Mah Kumbh Mela in Allahbad, India, to the Xiaolangdi Dam Silt Release in China, his gorgeous footage underlines the interaction between the sky, the land, and ourselves.