{"product_id":"mehrotra-rahul-kumbh-mela-mapping-the-ephemeral-megacity-9789385285073","title":"Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity","description":"Language: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 450 (Throughout Color Illustrations)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKumbh\u003cbr\u003eMela is the largest religious celebration on earth\u003cbr\u003eand the biggest public gathering in the world. The resulting settlement is a\u003cbr\u003evirtual mega city! The Kumbh Mela\u003cbr\u003edeploys its own roads, pontoon bridges as well as tents serving as residences\u003cbr\u003eand venues for spiritual meetings, and social infrastructure such as hospitals,\u003cbr\u003esanitation outlets and vaccination clinics-all replicating the functions of an\u003cbr\u003eactual city. The pop-up settlement seamlessly serves upto\u003cbr\u003eseven million people, who gather for 55 days, and an additional flux of [0\u003cbr\u003eto\u003cbr\u003e20\u003cbr\u003emillion\u003cbr\u003epeople, who come for za-hour cycles on the six main\u003cbr\u003ebathing dates. In 2013, a team\u003cbr\u003efrom Harvard University, representing faculty from multiple disciplines,\u003cbr\u003eresearched the large-scale event from its preparation to the actual celebration\u003cbr\u003eitself. This was the first systematic study on the Mela\u003cbr\u003eas a City: a planned entity, and covers issues of social inclusion, diversity,\u003cbr\u003eand even democracy that emerge under the framework of a neutralizing grid of\u003cbr\u003eroads that is the organizing armature of the city. This subdivision of the city\u003cbr\u003eforms clusters of freedom and facilitates space for individual and group\u003cbr\u003eexpression. The volume presents the comprehensive research findings\u003cbr\u003eand\u003cbr\u003eincludes city maps, aerial images, analytical drawings and photographs of this\u003cbr\u003espectacular Ephemeral Mega City for the Kumbh Mela.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRahul\u003cbr\u003eMehrotra is a practising architect and educator.\u003cbr\u003eHe works in Mu","brand":"Niyogi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54008390353238,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9789385285073_1_fa91f4c2-b201-435e-a88b-91b2c024eebf.jpg?v=1781892291","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/mehrotra-rahul-kumbh-mela-mapping-the-ephemeral-megacity-9789385285073","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}