Magh

When the waters prevailed upon the earth, the precious vessel was lifted up by the flood and tossed about upon the waves, until, at last, at rested on the very spot where where is now the "sacred" tank of Kumbakonam, called the Maghàmaghan.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

1 Siol Muiridh and routed all the malecontents D the plains called Magh-Hy and Magh-Luirg.

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis 1786

Aongufa, or the Grove of Aongus, fituate in the plain called Magh-Breaifail according to the annals of Innisfallen, where a council was held under the diredion of the pope's legate Maolmuire, or Marianus O Dunain, archbi (hop of Cafliel, and of Ceallach or Celfus, fon of Aodh fon of Maol - iofa, archbifliop of Ardmagh.

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis 1786

Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press Hindu priests performed evening prayers at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the Magh Mela festival in India Sunday.

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Amit Dave/Reuters Students poured water on each other ahead of the month-long Magh Mela festival -- when devotees swim in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers --during a ceremony in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Sunday.

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Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press A Hindu devotee walked at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the annual month-long Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, on Wednesday.

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Magh Mela is an annual ritual involving bathing on auspicious dates over a period of 45 days at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati.

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Piyal Adhikary/EPA Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the month of Magh, a month in the Hindu calender which falls between January and February.

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Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press Hindu devotees performed morning prayers Monday on the first auspicious day of Magh Mela when hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus gather.

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Rajesh Nirgude/Associated Press Hindu devotees washed a huge iron cooking pot at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, ahead of the annual Hindu festival of Magh Mela in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Sunday.

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