A modern practice involving one of these locations was inspired by Markandeya telling Yudhisthira that people go to heaven upon visiting (-5[1])one in chapter 104 of the Matsya Purana. Ten sins are said to be removed by the celebration (-5[1])of Dussehra at one of these locations. (15[5]-5[1])The month of Magha features one of the rotating (15[2])Pushkaram (15[1])festivals (15[1])dedicated to worshiping at (15[1])these places. (15[3])The Triveni (15[1])Sangam (-5[1])is a formation in (15[4])(*) Prayag (10[1])created by three of these locations (10[7]-5[1])in the city (10[1])of Allahabad. (10[8])In (10[1])an observance on a 12 year cycle, (10[2])participants seeking (10[1])to (10[1])attain prāyaścitta (10[1])visit (10[1])these locations in cities (10[1])like Ujjain and Haridwar. (10[1]-5[1])Eighty-eight ghats are used to enter one of these locations in the city (10[1])of Varanasi (10[2])which pilgrims use to ritually purify (10[1])in the (10[1])Kumbh Mela. For 10 points, (10[1])name these bodies of water (10[3])whose sacred (10[1])examples in Hinduism include the Ganges. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])