The Kumbh Mela is a religious festival that takes place at the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yumuna rivers. Ved Mehta uses it to reflect on the nature of Hinduism:
"The variety of religious men and women camped at the mela, who seem sometimes to agree on nothing except the importance of bathing in the rivers, reminds one that, in a sense, the Hindu religion can be defined only in terms of a region and its rivers."
-Ved Mehta, Portrait of India
The word 'Hindu' derives from the river Indus.
"The variety of religious men and women camped at the mela, who seem sometimes to agree on nothing except the importance of bathing in the rivers, reminds one that, in a sense, the Hindu religion can be defined only in terms of a region and its rivers."
-Ved Mehta, Portrait of India
The word 'Hindu' derives from the river Indus.
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