Comments on: Of abominable practices and licentious lives… http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/16/of_abominable_p/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: shiva http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/16/of_abominable_p/comment-page-1/#comment-2464 shiva Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:22:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=832#comment-2464 <p>Sepia Mutiny writes, "That is a pilgrimage that is second only to the Haj in numbers"</p> <p>At 2 million neither the Exposition of Francis X nor the Haj is the largest pilgrimage. That title goes to the Kumbh Mela that has for(ever) been the largest gathering of humanity. There are Ardh Kumbhs and Purna Kumbh. The last Purna Kumbh took place at Triveni Sangam in Prayag - Allahabad - in January 2001 - where 24 million gathered. Mark Twain wrote of the Kumbh Mela in 1895. The Kumbh is marvel of organisation, management, faith. Like the Mahabharata - what is not here is to be found nowhere else.</p> Sepia Mutiny writes, “That is a pilgrimage that is second only to the Haj in numbers”

At 2 million neither the Exposition of Francis X nor the Haj is the largest pilgrimage. That title goes to the Kumbh Mela that has for(ever) been the largest gathering of humanity. There are Ardh Kumbhs and Purna Kumbh. The last Purna Kumbh took place at Triveni Sangam in Prayag – Allahabad – in January 2001 – where 24 million gathered. Mark Twain wrote of the Kumbh Mela in 1895. The Kumbh is marvel of organisation, management, faith. Like the Mahabharata – what is not here is to be found nowhere else.

]]> By: Abhi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/16/of_abominable_p/comment-page-1/#comment-2463 Abhi Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:37:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=832#comment-2463 <p>Ooohh. Horrible mistake of editing on my part. Will update. Thanks.</p> Ooohh. Horrible mistake of editing on my part. Will update. Thanks.

]]> By: Darryl http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/16/of_abominable_p/comment-page-1/#comment-2462 Darryl Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:33:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=832#comment-2462 <p>The city of Goa? No such city :P</p> The city of Goa? No such city :P

]]> By: Shakti http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/16/of_abominable_p/comment-page-1/#comment-2461 Shakti Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:53:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=832#comment-2461 <p>Well, it's not as if burning at the stake was completely outside the purview of the Inquisition.</p> Well, it’s not as if burning at the stake was completely outside the purview of the Inquisition.

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