Mahakumbh: The meeting point of Social cohesion, Economy, Spiritual and Cultural growth
The goal of the current study is to determine the significance of Hindu rituals in spirituality. The study of how the body, mind, and spirit all express together in the human environment is known as spiritual psychology. Study will also reveal how spirituality helps in developing the economy with the help of Kumbh Mela. It acts as a link between the otherwise unrelated domains of the normal and the abnormal, the secular and the sacred, and the personal and transpersonal. Multidisciplinary research in several related topics is stimulated by the Mela. We see the Kumbh Mela as a prototype or case study for an idea we want to refer to as the pop-up mega-city. This spatial model can be applied to contexts beyond religious pilgrimages. By conducting interdisciplinary research to comprehend the spatial, social, and logistical aspects of the Kumbh Mela, we can suggest the implementation of these systems in a range of settings, particularly camps for war and natural disaster refugees. Even this act is planned into a broader procession, where pilgrims are given precise times and opportunities to bathe based on their social rank. The pilgrims' ultimate goal is to bathe at the confluence of the rivers.
Authors
- Dilbag Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3001-6807)
- Manoj Kumar Dhaniya
Institutions
- Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.56975/jetir.v12i8.567881
- Primary Topic
- Social and Economic Development in India
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00