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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is 3. The Kumbha Mela is held at the same site after 12 years but there are four major Kumbha sites where it is celebrated, so it is said that after 3 years a Kumbha Mela is celebrated.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is celebrated four times every 12 years, the site of the observation rotating between four pilgrimages on the four sacred rivers at Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. Ardha (half) Kumbh Mela is held at only two places, Haridwar and Allahabad, every sixth year.