Prayāga, the Site of Kumbha Mela
Author: D. P. Dubey
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 222
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Author: D. P. Dubey
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 222
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Prashant H. Pandya
Publisher: Indian Philatelists' Forum
Published: 2013-08-01
Total Pages: 10
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kama Maclean
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-08-29
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0199713359
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, is a major Hindu religious pilgrimage and the largest religious gathering in the world. In 2001, according to the government of Uttar Pradesh, 30 million pilgrims were drawn to the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna on the most auspicious day for bathing. In an impressive feat of organization and administration, the first mela of the new millennium was managed to the overwhelming satisfaction of most, with an impressive health and safety record. The loudest complaint had to do with the intrusive presence of the media. Journalists, largely representing foreign media outlets, had swarmed to the mela, intent on broadcasting to a global audience sensational images of naked (or wet-sari-clad) Indians taking part in "ancient" religious rituals. Resistance to foreign interference with the mela has roots that go back 200 years. The British colonial state and the colonized had different ideas about what the Kumbh Mela represented: for the former, it was a potentially dangerous gathering that demanded tight regulation and control, but for the latter it was a sacred sphere in which foreign domination and interference were intolerable. In this book Kama Maclean examines this tension and the manner in which it was negotiated by each side. She asks why and how the colonial state tried to manipulate the mela and, more important, how the mela changed as Indians responded to the colonial power. In recent years many scholars have emphasized the extent to which the Kumbh Mela has been monopolized by the Hindu nationalist movement. Maclean seeks to situate the history of the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad within a much broader context. She explores the role of a pilgrimage fair like the Kumbh Mela in disseminating ideas, particularly political ones like nationalism and ideas about social reform. Kama Maclean tells the mesmerizing and important story of the Kumbh Mela with exciting detail as well as careful scholarly attention, illuminating for the reader the full scope of the event's historical and socio-political context.
Author: Mark Tully
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788186569221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhere the Ganges and the Jamna meet people from many,many different traditions of Hinduism come together. Therewill be many genuinely holy men, some charlatans, and someobscurantists. But the majority of those who come to bathe inthe Sangam will be villagers. The Kumbh is an awe-inspiringdemonstration of simple piety and a clear example of the powerof myth.This is a small book presenting the Kumbh Mela, the biggestreligious festival in India. The renowned journalist MarkTully, who has covered with the BBC and as a free-lancer themain events in the recent history of India, gives in his inimitablestyle his impressions of the Kumbh Mela held at Allahabad in1989.
Author: Diana L. Eck
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783775739900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudy on Kumbha Melā (Hindu festival) at Allahabad; includes articles on it's management, infrastructure and planning.
Author: Nityananda Misra
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-02-18
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9388414128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this lucid and enlightening account, Nityananda Misra takes the reader on a whirlwind journey through the modern Kumbha Mela, the largest pilgrimage and the biggest festival in the world attended by crores of people. The book details the origin and symbolism of the Kumbha Mela, its dates and venues, and its awe-inspiring organization that has been called a wonder of modern-day management. It provides a personal close-up view of the visitors at the largest human gathering on earth-the sadhus, the kalpavasis, the tirthayatris, and members of new-age Hindu movements. The author sheds considerable light on the cultural aspects (literature, arts, and music) of the Kumbha and argues how the mela is perhaps the most diverse and inclusive human gathering and how the tradition is immortal, as if made so by the nectar of immortality which is believed to have spilled on the sites of the Kumbha Mela. Throughout the book, the author shows how diverse participants come and work together at the Kumbha Mela following the spirit of samgacchadhvam (“come together”)-a spirit that permeates the mela in his view. The author captures his personal experience too in Prayaga, Nashik, and Ujjain, leaving an anecdotal touch to the narrative. The final chapter presents an overview of the upcoming Ardha Kumbha Mela in Prayaga in 2019.
Author: HH Lokanath Swami
Publisher: Padayatra Press
Published: 2020-08-24
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 8193563514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. S. Mishra
Publisher: Har-Anand Publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 8124109931
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt Is About Mahakumbh-2001 At Allhabad. Presents Mahakumbh In Its Totality Details Of Management Aspects-Highlights The Lessons Learnt From The Successful Execution Of This Mega Event-Suggests Strategies To Effectively Manage Such Mega Events In Future. Well Illustrated. Has 12 Chapters.
Author: Kama Maclean
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008-08-28
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0195338944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKama Maclean covers the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, which is not merely a major Hindu religious pilgrimage but the largest religious gathering in the world.
Author: Badri Narain
Publisher: Pilgrims Book House
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9788177698053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKumbh Mela is the single largest religious congregation or, in fact, human gathering of any kind on Earth. Located at the sacred rivers when Jupiter, Sun and Moon are in precise positions, the Nectar of Immortality flows for blessing all mankind.