Emic understandings of Kumbh Mela pilgrimage experiences

Buzinde, Christine N.; Kalavar, Jyotsna M.; Kohli, Neena; Manuel-Navarrete, David

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2014.08.001

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“…The fact that Kalpwasi pilgrims camp on the banks of the Ganges for a month and differentiate themselves from others (who may only attend for a few days around a particularly auspicious bathing day) means that there is potential for a strong distinctive shared identity to develop. Moreover, there is evidence that this sense of shared identity is significant in terms of normative behaviour, participants' relationships with each other and their affective state (Buzinde, Kalavar, Kohli, & Manuel‐Navarrete, ; Hopkins et al, ). Questionnaire data reveal relationships between shared identity and increased intimacy (Khan et al, ) and positive emotion (Hopkins et al, ).…”

Section: The Prayag Magh Melamentioning

confidence: 99%

Social identity and health at mass gatherings

Hopkins

Reicher

2017

Euro J Social Psych

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Identifying with a group can bring benefits to physical and psychological health. These benefits can be found with both small‐scale and large‐scale social groups. However, groups can also be associated with health risks: A distinct branch of medicine (‘Mass Gathering Medicine’) has evolved to address the health risks posed by participating in events characterised by large crowds. We argue that emphasising either the positive or the negative health consequences of group life is one‐sided: Both positive and negative effects on health can occur (simultaneously). Moreover, both such effects can have their roots in the same social psychological transformations associated with a group‐based social identification. Reviewing evidence from across a range of mass gatherings, we offer a conceptual analysis of such mixed effects. Our account shows (i) how social identity analyses can enrich mass gathering medicine and (ii) how social identity analyses of health can be enriched by examining mass gatherings.

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Section: The Prayag Magh Melamentioning

confidence: 99%

Social identity and health at mass gatherings

Hopkins

Reicher

2017

Euro J Social Psych

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“…In the past, only those travellers who undertook a spiritual journey to religious sites were categorized as pilgrims. However, current research shows that the defining feature of pilgrimage is not just religion, but may be dependent upon a variety of other motivational factors that influence pilgrims to visit a particular site (Buzinde, Kalavar, Kohli, & Manuel‐Navarrete, ). In an increasingly secular world, many consumers seek out meaning, self‐awareness and identity through spiritual experiences at different nonreligious sites, thus blurring the distinction between religious vs. nonreligious pilgrimage or secular journeys (Bond, Packer, & Ballantyne, ; Collins‐Kreiner, ).…”

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Spiritual values and motives of secular pilgrims

Hall

Basarin

Lockstone‐Binney

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Int J Consumer Studies

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This study presents and tests an empirical model of the antecedents and outcomes associated with secular pilgrimage from a consumer perspective. Informed by the literature on spiritual journeys, religious and secular pilgrimage, consumer literature on personal values, emotions, customer satisfaction and recommendation behaviour, the study proposes that personal values of pilgrims positively affect their motives to partake in the spiritual journey of a secular pilgrimage. Pilgrimage motives positively affect pilgrim satisfaction directly, as well as indirectly through emotions associated with the spiritual pilgrimage experience. Pilgrim satisfaction is also positively affected by attributes of the pilgrimage site and results in an intention to recommend to family, friends and others. The model was tested on a paired sample of visitors attending the pilgrimage site of Gallipoli in Turkey for the annual commemoration of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) Day. The study results show statistical support for all hypothesized relationships in the theoretical model. Findings of this study contribute an improved understanding of the role of consumer values, motivations and emotions to undertake spiritual journeys to pilgrimage sites and their satisfaction with the spiritual experience of a secular pilgrimage and the resultant recommending behaviour.

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“…The Kumbh Mela happens once every 3 years in one of these locations on the banks of the corresponding rivers; Ganga in Haridwar, Godavari in Nasik, Kshipra in Ujjain and Sangam (confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers) in Allahabad ( every 12 years and every 144 years, respectively, only in Allahabad (9). The Sangam, a place where the rivers meet in Allahabad, is very auspicious according to Hindu mythology and people believe that one dip in the waters of the Sangam at a precise moment in time can wash away all of a person's sins [11]. The total number of auspicious days varies depending on the total duration of the festival.…”

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A comprehensive review of the Kumbh Mela: identifying risks for spread of infectious diseases

Sridhar

Brouqui

2015

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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The Kumbh Mela in India is the largest mass gathering in the world which witnessed close to 100 million visitors in 2013. An event of this magnitude presents challenges. Increased population density, reduced hygienic conditions and exposure to environmental pollutants pave the way for easy transmission of pathogens. Due to the possibility of epidemics, the primary focus should be on identifying the potential risk factors and implementing appropriate preventive measures. The context of religion and psychology of the pilgrims is also closely associated with the evolution of the risk factors and so forms an important part of the discussion. We provide a brief background to the Kumbh Mela with a description of the existing and potential risk factors that require our attention.

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Emic understandings of Kumbh Mela pilgrimage experiences

Cited by 67 publications

References 22 publications

Social identity and health at mass gatherings

Social identity and health at mass gatherings

Spiritual values and motives of secular pilgrims

A comprehensive review of the Kumbh Mela: identifying risks for spread of infectious diseases

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