Tall Stories 445: Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj

《高谈阔论445:玛哈库姆布梅拉,普拉亚格拉杰》

The Urbanist

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2025-02-11

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Geetanjali Krishna takes us to a temporary city on the banks of the Ganges river to investigate a large example of temporary urbanism brought about by a Hindu pilgrimage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • one of the largest religious congregations of pilgrims on earth kicked

  • off last month in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,

  • and it continues to roll into February, but with an estimated attendance of over 400 million people.

  • How does the city, let alone a makeshift one, accommodate such massive visitor numbers?

  • You're listening to Tall Stories, a Monocle production brought to you by the team behind the Urbanist.

  • I'm Andrew Tuck.

  • In this episode, Geetanjali Krishna takes us to a temporary city where on the banks of the river Ganges,

  • to investigate one enormous example of temporary urbanism.

  • The Hindus believe that through the year,

  • water from the Ganges will cleanse them of sins and could ensure their salvation.