ECOLOGIES OF WATER-

AN INFRASTRUCTURAL NETWORK
CASE: BANGANGA
(PROCESS DOCUMENT)
 HISTORIC EVOLUTION OF BANGANGA

DIFFERENT RULERS HAVE HAD THEIR INFLUENCE ON

BANGANGA VILLAGE.

BANGANGA VILLAGE NOW SEES ITS METAMORPHOSIS

INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH THE PREDOMINANCE OF
TEMPLES AND OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS.

ONE SEES LINGUISTIC MIX OF PEOPLE IN THE

AREA,MARATHI SPEAKING BRAHMINS TO GUJARATI AND
HINDI SPEAKING TRADERS AND THE ENGLISH SPEAKING
CATHOLICS.

HENCE, THE ORIGINALLY SACRED HILL TO THE HINDUS

HAS BECOME MORE COSMOPOLITAN.
TIMELINE OF HISTORIC EVOLUTION
SILHARA DYNASTY CONSTRUCTED THE EXISTING TANK ABD
ADJACENT WALKAESHWAR TEMPLE IN 1127

THE AREA AROUND BANGANGA TANKGRADUALLY DEVELOPED AS

A PILGRIMAGE PLACE AND NUMEROUS TEMPLES AND
DHARAMSHALA (RELIGIOUS REST HOUSE) CAME UP.

Ba n g a n g a Ta n k
 WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE?

INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE INTERCONNECTED STRUCTURAL ELEMENT THAT PROVIDES A BAIS ON WHICH A SOCIETY IS
ORGANISED OR DEVELOPED

THE INTERFACE BETWEEN A SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. IN SOCIOCULTURAL MATERIALISM IT
CONTAINS THE PRINCIPLE MECHANISM BY WHICH SOCIETY REGULATES THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF ENERGY FROM
THE ENVIRONMENT.

THAT PART OF SOCIETY WHICH CONDITIONS, THE NATURE OF EVERYTHING ELSE IN SOCIETY.

THE BASIC PHYSICAL SYSTEM OF A BUSINESS OR NATION. THESE SYSTEM TEND TO BE HIGH-COST INVESTMENT,
HOWEVER, THEY ARE VITAL TO A COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY.
 WHAT ARE RITUALS?

SERIES OF ACTIONS REGULARLY FOLLOWED, ESPECIALLY AS PART OF RELIGIOUS CEREMONY.

SOMETHING DONE REGULARLY AND ALWAYS IN THE SAME WAY.

OBJECT OF RITUAL IS THE BELIEF SYSTEM OF A SOCIETY, WHICH IS CONSTITUTED BY A CLASSIFICATION OF

EVERYTHING INTO REALMS OF THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE.
 BANGANGA RITUALS INFRASTRUCTURE

MAHA ARTI RELIGIOUS CEREMONY INTERCONNECTED

POOJA DONE REGULARLY INTERFACE

BANGANGA FESTIVAL ALWAYS DONE IN A SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEM

SAME WAY
RITES MECHANISM
SACRED
BATHING/SWIMMING ENVIRONMENT
PROFANE
DOMESTIC CHORES NATURE OF EVERYTHING
SYMBOLIC VALUE
KIDS PLAYING PHYSICAL SYSTEM

ECONOMICS

PROSPERITY
 DEVOTEE

RESIDENCE
POOJARI
(ADULT)

INFRA-
RITUAL WATER STRUCTURE

VISITOR
RESIDENT
(OCCASIONAL)
(MINOR)
LIVELIHOOD

VISITOR SERVICE VENDORS

(REGULAR) STAFF
INTERRELATIONS AND INTERDEPENDENCIES OF ACTORS AND NARRATIVE
ACTIVITIES TIME DURATION FOR WHOM BY WHOM

RELIGIOUS

MAHA AARTI

RITES

DOMESTIC

BATHING

SWIMMING

WASHING
CLOTHES

MEETUPS