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Notes from the Field: Mother Ganga (Kumbh Mela)

Celebrate Mother Ganga, the giver of life, in a Hindu ritual known as aarti. This ritual is one of the more modern traditions of the Kumbh Mela, showing that religion is not static. Rather, it keeps updating itself for the present.
Clip Season 1 Episode 5 Length 02:45 Premiere: 12/16/14

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Season 1 Episodes

Osun-Osogbo
S1 E6 Length 54:21 Premiere Date 12/30/14

Kumbh Mela
S1 E5 Length 54:51 Premiere Date 12/30/14

The Hajj
S1 E4 Length 54:51 Premiere Date 12/23/14

Jerusalem
S1 E3 Length 54:51 Premiere Date 12/23/14

Shikoku
S1 E2 Length 54:51 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Lourdes
S1 E1 Length 54:50 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Notes from the Field: The Naked Holy Men (Kumbh Mela)
Clip Length 03:33 Premiere Date 12/30/14

Kumbh Mela (Preview)
Preview Length 01:36 Premiere Date 12/30/14

Notes from the Field: Mother Ganga (Kumbh Mela)
Clip Length 02:45 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Notes from the Field: Bathing in the Ganges Riv (Kumbh Mela)
Clip Length 02:30 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Notes from the Field: On the Ganges (Kumbh Mela)
Clip Length 03:29 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Notes from the Field: The Dhamek Stupa (Kumbh Mela)
Clip Length 03:02 Premiere Date 12/16/14

The Core Tenets of Hinduism (Kumbh Mela)
Clip Length 03:57 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Series Preview: Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler
Preview Length 04:08 Premiere Date 12/16/14

The Journey
Clip Length 01:47 Premiere Date 12/16/14

I Seek
Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Solitude
Clip Length 01:23 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Bruce's Reflections
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 12/16/14

Notes from the Field: Bathing in the Ganges (Kumbh Mela)
Clip Length 02:52 Premiere Date 07/29/14

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