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Geetika AroraAIR 22· 2025

Question Q.1Discuss with examplesGS1GS1

Why has public bathing been a recurring practice across cultures and societies? Discuss with examples.

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Introduction

Public bathing can be described as the phenomenon of communal bathing, where large set of people comes to bath at a single pond well on a defined bathing place.

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Main Body

Public bathing can be described as the phenomenon of communal bathing, where large set of people comes to bath at a single pond well on a defined bathing place.

Reason for Public Bathing: a recurring legacy across cultures & societies:-

1Ritualistic reasons:- public bathing is rooted in religious considered sacred and neat the Godliness.

(a)- River Gange sacred Bath at Varanasi during Mahakarunath.

2Symbolic to center civilization and its grandeurism:-

(a)- the great Bath at Harappara, with skilled stairs, vastly changing groans eh

3Lead to feeling of closeness amongst people

(a)- Frequent public bathing events in India along chaliya River [Ujjain], Gange in Haridwar eh.

4Heritism in sacred/ seals like mysteriouds

(Mahalharasht-eh - that public bathing also became one a bed deeds done in past.

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Conclusion

Thus, Public bathing is a historical phenomenon having religious cultural and chisi Justice significance, even in present times.

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  • Identifies multiple reasons for public bathing
  • Provides concrete examples from Indian context
  • Connects to religious and cultural significance

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Geetika Arora

AIR 222025

Subject & Paper

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Topic

Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times

Architecture

Historical structures and their social significance

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176

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analytical and descriptive

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