Kumbh Mela : mapping the ephemeral megacity / edited by Rahul Mehrotra & Felipe Vera ; with texts by Diana Eck [and three others] ; photography by Dinesh Mehta ; supported by Dipti Mehta.
Kumbh Mela is the largest celebration on earth: depending on the zodiacal positions of Jupiter, the sun, and the moon, Hindus travel to certain places along holy rivers, the Ganges for example, for the purpose of bathing and cleansing themselves of sin. In 1989 fifteen million people are said to hav...
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Ostfildern : [Cambridge] :
Hatje Cantz ; Harvard University, South Asia Institute,
[2015]
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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BL1239.82.K85 K85 2015
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