Tapti Pushkaravahini

Tapti Pushkaravahini
Genre Hindu festivals
Frequency every 12 years
Location(s) Tapti River
Country India
Next event March 29 - April 9, 2019
Activity Holy Bath
Course of the River through the South Indian Peninsula

Pushkaram is the Hindu festival about the 12 auspicious rivers in India. One of the 12 rivers is the river Tapti. Usually, one river is worshipped every year, but sometimes that changes, one of these rivers have a celebration and thousands of people dive in to take a bath as worship. The Rashi or the Hindu zodiac sign for this river is Dhanus or Sagittarius.

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