Kumbh mela : mapping the ephemeral megacity / edited by Rahul Mehrotra and Felipe Vera ; illustrated by Dinesh Mehta and Dipti Mehta

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Niyogi Books, 2015.Description: 449 p. + MapISBN:

9789385285073

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711.4 KUM

Summary: In 2013 a team from Harvard University researched the large-scale event from its preparation to the actual celebration itself. This was the first systematic study on the Mela as a city : a planned entity and covers issues of social inclusion, diversity, and even democracy that emerge under the framework of neutralizing grid of roads that is the organizing armature of the city. The volume presents the comprehensive research findings and includes city maps, aerial images, analytical drawings and photographs of this spectacular Ephermeral mega city for the Kumbh Mela.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 KUM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop.2	Available		009628
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 KUM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop.1	Checked out to VATSA DOSHI (2023mla005)	04/02/2025	009627

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In 2013 a team from Harvard University researched the large-scale event from its preparation to the actual celebration itself. This was the first systematic study on the Mela as a city : a planned entity and covers issues of social inclusion, diversity, and even democracy that emerge under the framework of neutralizing grid of roads that is the organizing armature of the city.
The volume presents the comprehensive research findings and includes city maps, aerial images, analytical drawings and photographs of this spectacular Ephermeral mega city for the Kumbh Mela.

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