Gods, men and mere mortals: organisation and safety at the Kumbh Mela

Sinha, Rohit (2018) Gods, men and mere mortals: organisation and safety at the Kumbh Mela. South Asia @ LSE (05 Jul 2018). Website.

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Abstract

In 2013's Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, nearly 120 million people gathered over 55 days in a temporary city of 20 sq km. In this photo essay, Rohit Sinha captures the event, part of UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, while describing how the city is built and what keeps it together.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2018/07/05/gods-m...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author
Divisions:	IGA: South Asia Centre
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2018 14:24
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 06:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/91053

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