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Object

Title: Kumbha Mela

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Date issued/created:

[1989]

Resource type:

Image

Place of publishing:

Allahabad ; Allahabad District ; Uttar Pradesh

Description:

Święto związane z cyklem Jowisza mające szczególne miejsce, gdzie Jamuna wpada do Gangesu w Allahabad (Prayag) w północnych Indiach, gromadzi co 12 lat kilkadziesiąt milionów pielgrzymów. Hinduistyczne obrzędy oraz rytuały są bardzo rozbudowane i trwają ponad dwa miesiące. Zdjęcia wykonane w 1989 roku

Name:

Kumbh Mela Festival (Iconographic Document)

Other names:

Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu-Kumbha Mela

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Object description:

Photo (scan from slide). Kumbh mela views. In the foreground, you can see a gate leading to the area occupied by one of the monasteries of ascetics (akhara). Above the entrance is the inscription Taponidhi Sri Anand Akhara, Dasanami Naga Sanyasi. ascetics (naga) included in the strictest formula of asceticism. They walk almost naked, smear ash on their bodies and their hair is braided in dreadlocks. Behind the gate there are tents where pilgrims are welcomed. These events take place during the kumbh mela festival, which takes place in Allahabad every 12 years (after 6 years, the so-called half-mela is held). It is the most numerous festival in Northern India, and the uniqueness of Allahabad is that it lies where the Jamuna flows into the Ganges. The place where the waters merge, and this place is precisely visible in the different colors of the two waters - is considered to be particularly suitable for a bath during kumbh mela.

Author (of drawing, photo, record):

Demski, Dagnosław

Data:

1989

Accession number:

India part 2, box 4, 0090

Relation:

Obrazy Indii i Pakistanu

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:230509

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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Open

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Święto Kumbha mela (Dokument ikonograficzny) Oct 27, 2022
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