Author: Adi Turiya

In one of his great universal strides, Vishnu pierces the edge of the universe with the big toe of his left foot, releasing an influx of supracosmic waters into the highest plane of universal creation, the Brahmaloka.

For centuries, a Kumbh Mela or ‘Aquarius Festival’ has been held at Haridwar, in Uttarakhand (northern India) when, once every 12 years, the planet Jupiter is in the sign of Aquarius as the Sun enters Aries in early spring.