Bhima Pushkaram

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| next = October 12 - 23, 2018

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The Bhima Pushkaram is the Pushkaram river festival organized on the banks of the Bhima river.{{cite web |title=Bhima River Pushkaralu Dates Timings 2018 |url=http://triptrees.com/bhima-river-pushkaralu-dates-timings-2018/ |website=Trip Tree |publisher=Trip Tree |accessdate=11 October 2018}} It is a Hindu festival, organized once every 12 years. Thousands of people dive in to take a bath as worship. The Rashi or the Hindu zodiac sign for this river is Vrishchika or Scorpio.