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People From Kumbha Mela 2015

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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 have come from far to cleanse their sins
People came alone and in groups
People came alone and in groups
They stayed there for days
They stayed there for days
People organised and arranged everything for the pilgrims
People organised and arranged everything for the pilgrims

Those people ranged from Commandos to..
Those people ranged from Commandos to..
..to kids
..to kids
Flower sellers to..
Flower sellers to..
to food sellers
to food sellers
Young people to..
Young people to..
..to old people
..to old people
Readers to..
Readers to..
..to smokers
..to smokers
Swimmers to..
Swimmers to..
Devotees
..to Devotees
Men in White to..
Men in White to..
Women in Red
Women in Red
And there were all kinds of people
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 very young one
A young one
A young one
An old one
An old one
A saffron one
A saffron one
A black one
A black one
A calm one
A calm one
A cool one
A cool one
A smiling one
A smiling one
A singing one
A singing one
A talking one
A talking one
a techie one..
a techie one..

And there were a lot of interesting moments to capture.

While drizzling
While drizzling
While walking
While walking
while raining
while raining
And while walking again
And while walking again
Someone caught me red handed
And then Someone caught me red handed when I was taking pictures
While someone was completely unaware
While someone was completely unaware
And then there was a sadhu meeting
And then there was a sadhu meeting happening somewhere
And followers following Sadhu
And followers following Sadhu
While someone was trying to become a sadhu
While someone was trying to become a pseduo sadhu

But the most interesting part was to capture the Naga sadhus.

While Staring
While Staring
While talking
While talking
While blessing
While blessing
while clicking
while clicking
While chilling
While chilling
while contemplating
while contemplating
While emoting
While emoting
And while initiating
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.]

 

trablogger
Photographing the journeys to recreate the Travels to take you for a virtual Photo walk.
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63 thoughts on “People From Kumbha Mela 2015”

  5. 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.

    Reply

    1. 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!

      Reply

          1. 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 🙂

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