Ujjain is one of the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) of Hinduism, home to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga — one of the 12 most sacred Shiva shrines in India. Ujjain holds a unique place in Vedic astronomy: it was the prime meridian of the Surya Siddhanta and ancient Indian calendrical science — the original zero longitude of Hindu astronomy. The Simhastha Kumbh Mela held here every 12 years draws 75 million pilgrims. Every ritual at Mahakaleshwar is timed to Ujjain's actual sunrise.
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