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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.
People have come from far to cleanse their sins
People came alone and in groups
They stayed there for days
People organised and arranged everything for the pilgrims
Those people ranged from Commandos to..
..to kids
Flower sellers to..
to food sellers
Young people to..
..to old people
Readers to..
..to smokers
Swimmers to..
..to Devotees
Men in White to..
Women in Red
And there were all kinds of people in that small space.
But the highlight was the Sadhus /hermits/saints/pilgrims.
A very young one
A young one
An old one
A saffron one
A black one
A calm one
A cool one
A smiling one
A singing one
A talking one
a techie one..
And there were a lot of interesting moments to capture.
While drizzling
While walking
while raining
And while walking again
And then Someone caught me red handed when I was taking pictures
While someone was completely unaware
And then there was a sadhu meeting happening somewhere
And followers following Sadhu
While someone was trying to become a pseduo sadhu
But the most interesting part was to capture the Naga sadhus.
While Staring
While talking
While blessing
while clicking
While chilling
while contemplating
While emoting
And while initiating
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 🙂
😀
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. 🙂