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Feb 16, 2013

Scenes from the Kumbh Mela

Catching up on some blog posts from our spiritual adventure. Here are some photos of our group on the way to Allahabad to attend the Kumbh Mela festival and also images from our time at the festival. ...

Feb 6, 2013
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An Exploratory Day in Kolkata

It was our first full day on this spiritual adventure and we spent most of the morning exploring a few of Kolkata's highlights. Our group loved this city despite how congested it can get at times. After an early breakfast we explored the Flower Market which located was located ne
Feb 4, 2013
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Our spiritual adventure begins!

It's day 1 of our spiritual and photographic adventure that will take us to the Kumbh Mela festival and north India. Our journey begins here in Kolkata. Our travelers have come from Australia, France, the Caribbean, Hawaii, mainland USA and Argentina. Quite a diverse group but wi
Dec 26, 2012
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Our next Spiritual Adventure explores Rajasthan

It's a little over a month before our next spiritual adventure begins. We'll be heading to North India this time and attending the Kumbha Mela festival as part of it. It will be quite the trip considering that we'll be journeying across North India from Kolkata in the east all th
Aug 27, 2012
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Parade of sadhus at the Kumbh Mela Festival

One of the most amazing things to witness at the Kumbh Mela festival is the parade of sadhus (monks). The parade takes place on the main bathing just before the auspicious time for the dip in the holy Ganges river. Monks parade from their tented areas in thousands to the river. H
Jul 20, 2012

Ganga Aarti at the Kumbh Mela Festival (Part 2)

We continue with our series of photographs highlighting the Ganga Aarti ceremony that takes place at the Kumbha Mela festival in India. We've themed our tour to the Kumbha Mela festival as a spiritual and photography adventure as there's be countless opportunities for photograph
Jul 19, 2012
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Ganga Aarti at the Kumbh Mela Festival (Part 1)

Part of the Kumbha Mela festival is the evening Ganga Aarti celebration down by the banks of the holy Ganges river. Aarti is a Hindu ritual wear an oil lamp or lamps are lit and then waved ceremoniously at a deity. In this case the the holy river is looked open as the deity and t