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Opinion: Modi washing sanitation workers’ feet at Kumbh Mela lands a blow against Hindu social order
Peter Ronald deSouza
· Feb 27, 2019 · 09:00 am
At the Sangam: Why is Kumbh Mela’s bathing ritual called ‘Shahi snan’ and not ‘rajyogi snan’?
Nikhil Mandalaparthy Hamza Shad
· Feb 10, 2019 · 08:00 am