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DELHI, INDIA, December 21, 2004: Hinduism Today correspondent Rajiv Malik provides the following information on upcoming Kumbha Melas. This is from the well known, Ujjain-based Vedic pundit and astrologer, Pandit Ananda Shankar Vyas. Pandit said, “The next Ardha Kumbha (“Half Mela,” midway in the 12-year cycle) is scheduled to take place in Prayag (Allahabad) in the year 2007. Though the Ardha Kumbha is to begin on January 3, 2007, one of the main bathing days will be that of Mauni Amavasya falling on January 19, 2007. The next full Kumbha is scheduled to take place in Haridwar in the year 2010. Though the full Kumbha will begin in February, 2010, one of the main bathing dates would be April 14, 2010.”