Some 49 groups - including the Federation of Scottish Theatre, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the Edinburgh Mela - were told by letter that their regular funding would end next spring.
The octogenarian has an impressive record of reuniting people who get lost at the Kumbh Mela - he set up his first camp in 1946 and has covered five Maha Kumbh festivals (which fall once in 12 years), six half-Kumbh and 56 Magh melas that are held every January.
When researchers played them 20-second clips that contained a mix of sounds recorded at different sites, including in the Mela grounds and also the streets of Allahabad city, the pilgrims could pick up the sounds of the festival and "interpreted and experienced these noises much more positively when they believed them to be Mela-related".
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An estimated 30 million Hindus took a dip Sunday at the Sangam the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the Saraswati rivers as part of the 55-day Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival.
The Maha Kumbh Mela got off to an awe-inspiring start on Monday, with the first of the main bathing days seeing an estimated 10 million taking a dip.
The Kumbh Mela, which translates to "water-pitcher festival, " is believed to be at least two millennia old.
Every 12 years, when the moon and stars are aligned, this becomes the most auspicious spot in Hinduism, and there is a six-week-long festival, or mela, for the millions of pilgrims.
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The once-every-12-years Hindu pilgrimage, the Maha Kumbh Mela has been taking place near the city of Allahabad in India.
Thirty-five Harvard colleagues and I are at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, a mass pilgrimage in which tens of millions of Hindus gather to bathe at the confluence of the sacred Ganga (Ganges) River, the Yamuna River, and the mythical underground Saraswathi.
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The line-up announced today is set to excite and delight the many thousands of people who have Glasgow Mela firmly on their cultural calendar.
The Mela was launched during the 1990 European City of Culture festivities to celebrate the traditions and customs of the Indian sub-continent.
One well-known sadhu, Parbat Giri, from Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said the Mela was important because of the sense of community it gave holy men from different orders.
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