Kumbha mela is believed to be the largest religious gathering on earth. It happened in Nashik this year. Millions of people came attend this fair. Here you can see a very small cross section of those people.
But the highlight was the Sadhus /hermits/saints/pilgrims.
And there were a lot of interesting moments to capture.
But the most interesting part was to capture the Naga sadhus.
And they all gave me a wonderful experience to cherish.
[PS : I have deliberately used the term Sadhu which means renunciates who seeks nothing but liberation/Nirvana/Moksha. These pictures represents only a very small part of sadhus to come to any conclusions.]
Amazing Portraits J!!! I especially loved the shot of the sadhu with the aviators and one where a woman reads a gurmukhi scripture… lovely!!!
Thank you so much.
Oh.. are you from Punjab?
am a punjabi who is not from punjab!!
Very interesting Punjabi Indeed 😀
Haha… that I am
I’ve never been to the Kumbh, but your gallery took me there virtually. Thank you. 🙂
Thanks a lot Aakansha. Glad you enjoyed the virtual photo walk 🙂
Totally amazing pics, here! I loved the sense of each. You can feel the experience coming out of the picture.
As always, a splendid journey.
Thanks a lot Fim. Glad you enjoyed the virtual journey 🙂
You’re welcome. I always do enjoy these journeys 🙂
I hope to bring some more of such journeys 🙂
And I envy you. Seriously. For a photographer, it’s a treat. Amazingly cool photos. Sadhu with the camera is outstanding.
haha.. envy?!!
Indeed, it was a treat, but soon i got bored of taking repeated shots. But if you keep on observing, you can find lot of opportunities anyway!
Whoa..you went to Kumba Mela?? Cool. And all these photos are just marvelous. Guy with the camera is funny. I went in Hardiwar a few years back. Ganga was very cold.
Thanks a lot.
Haridwar must be great. More people would have been there. Well the MahaKumbha mela was on 2013. That would be a heck of an experience! But i missed it!
yeah, I was there in 2010, didn’t really get good shots…couldn’t get close enough
Interesting series and great shot selection. I can only imagine what the crowd must have looked like, and the noise and atmosphere.
Thanks a lot. I will soon do another post with crowd and a bit of story behind the entire thing.
Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
No suggestions. You’re doing a good job documenting the event.
Thank you 🙂
very nice pics….I liked the cool & the techie sadhu 😛
haha.. out of them all you liked the cool ones 😀
Thank you for liking those pictures 🙂
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whoa!!! some great shots you ve got there! 🙂 Awesome stuff!
Thanks a lot Miss Photographer 🙂
So many types of sadhus lol. Really liked the woman in red pik
Yes, without exaggeration you can tell that there well millions of them! I meant the people 😉
Thanks for really liking the woman in red.
Wow, what a gorgeous post! Your photos are incredible. Thanks for sharing this event.
Thanks a lot for your kind words. Dint see you for long. Hope you are doing good. Safe travels. 🙂
Love the Sadhus.
Thank you. Sadhus are a pleasure to photograph 😀
Great shots all over! The Naga sadhu captures are amazing.
Thanks a lot Amy. Naga sadhus are the main highlight for many. 🙂
I have seen the crowd photos of this event, but haven’t seen the close up shots like you did. Awesome series! 🙂
I hope to bring the crowd pictures in the next post 🙂
Are you?! I so looking forward to it. 🙂
Now the pressure is on 😉
Yea 😀 I know yours will be awesome all over! I’m waiting…
Awesome! When you went to kumbha meal???
Thanks Nimmi. I went to Nashik two weeks ago.
Ah! That’s great. I’m sure you must have a blessed time over there 🙂
haha… did you mean ‘blessing’ blessing?? 😉
I had a great time capturing those blessed souls 😀
I mean… It’s a holy place and that place is filled with divine energy and peace of mind.
Oh, yes! Your photos depicts that very clearly 🙂
Yea, all my sins were washed away! I am so sinless now 😉 😀
Hahaha 😀 That’s sounds great 😛
sure it does 😉
Good to know that 😉
i guess so 😉
kya?? 🙂
kuch nahi hindikkari!
Hahaha 😀 I like it J… 😉 Where are you at the mo’???
Bangalore. And you?
What do you think?? Where can this birdie be? 😉
at least once you can give answer!
Haha 😀 I’m in your home town dear 😉
which happened to be yours too?
Arey wha!! Haan ji… Kind of 😉
interesting!
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fb!
Wonderful candid portraits. Really great shots. I LOVE the photo of the man looking through the camera.
Thanks a lot Jenny. Yea, I like that photo too. So I decide to make it as the featured image too 🙂
Very cool!