Special postage stamp on Kumbh mela released

postage stamp, Kumbh mela, India

Union Minister of State for Railways and Communication Manoj Sinha released a special postage stamp of the Indian Postal Department on Kumbh Mela, today. A special first day cover was also released on the occasion.

Its cost is five rupees.

On this occasion, Sinha said Kumbh is a major event of not only of the country but the World. Sinha also said Kumbh is not only a religious and spiritual event but an astrological, cultural and astronomical event of the world.

He said Kumbh has been treated as source of light of knowledge.

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