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Many people are not familiar with Kumbh Mela, and yet it is the largest celebration on earth: depending on the positions of Jupiter, the sun and the moon, Hindus travel to certain places along holy rivers, the Ganges for example, to bathe and cleanse themselves of sin. With a 2013 attendance of approximately 34 million, the triennial pilgrimage requires that the communities hosting the gatherings create functioning temporary structures to transport, house and feed enormous crowds of people.In 2013, a team from Harvard University monitored the large-scale event from its preparation through to the actual celebration, investigating and documenting the prototypes for flexible urban planning and offering organizers advice on issues around environmental protection. This substantial hardcover presents their comprehensive research findings along with city maps, aerial images and photographs of this most fascinating feat of urban planning.

The Kumbh Mela is one of the world's most extraordinary religious events, a mass Hindu pilgrimage to a sacred river. It attracts 100 million Hindus from around the world. In the miraculous documentary Faith Connections, film-maker Pan Nalin travels to the Kumbh Mela, and encounters remarkable men of mind and meditation some facing an inextricable dilemma: To embrace the world or to renounce it. Faith Connections explores diverse and deeply moving stories such as those of a young runaway kid, a S

This enthralling documentary treks to the heart of the largest gathering of humanity on Earth: The Kumbh Mela. This huge festival has been held in India every 12 years for over two millennia, but is little known in the west - until now.