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Parade of Sadhus at the Kumbha Mela
Apr 28, 2012 Photography & Travel

Parade of Sadhus at the Kumbha Mela

One of the visually striking things at the Kumbha Mela is the parades that take place mainly on the main bathing day during the festival. Here a sadhu dances jubilantly waving a long sword as he parades down the street with thousands of other monastics headed to the sacred Ganges river. The spectacular purna Kumbha Mela festival, celebrated once every 12 years, is the worlds' largest human gather...

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  • Gallery of Sadhus, Kumbha Mela (Day 8)
    Apr 27, 2012 Photography & Travel

    Gallery of Sadhus, Kumbha Mela (Day 8)

    Certain sects of monastics within Hinduism, most notably the naga sadhus, often cover their entire body with ash. Ash symbolizes the transient nature of life and things. The application of ash on their body is a constant reminder that their body will be gone one day but the soul

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  • Gallery of Sadhus, Kumbha Mela (Day 9)
    Apr 27, 2012 Photography & Travel

    Gallery of Sadhus, Kumbha Mela (Day 9)

    It does not happen often but you'll find from time to time young men taking to the monastic path early on in life. The world no longer holds any fascination to them and they realize the transient nature of life, thus they seek the Self. My guru says the following "The Self: you

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  • Sadhvi, Hindu Women Monastics
    Apr 25, 2012 Photography & Travel

    Sadhvi, Hindu Women Monastics

    You don't see too many women monks, or nuns if you are being pedantic, but there are some. Women generally tend to gravitate towards the householders path therefore you see fewer women renunciates then you do men. Here's a photo of a sadhvi, a woman monastic. Men are called sadh

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  • Series of Sadhu Images
    Apr 24, 2012 Photography & Travel

    Series of Sadhu Images

    It's quite often that I come across blogs where bloggers have the great idea of doing a series of photos or recipes or something but don't end up completing the series because it simply is a lot of work. And it just doesn't look good when you have 4 out of a 10 part series only.

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  • Sadhus at the Kumbha Mela
    Apr 23, 2012 Photography & Travel

    Sadhus at the Kumbha Mela

    This photo makes up Day 5 of our 14 day series of photos of sadhus. It's one of my favorites. Within certain sects of sadhus in the north of the Indian subcontinent smoking marijuana (not cigarettes) is permitted but the consumption of alcohol is not. In the southern parts of th

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  • Apr 22, 2012 Photography & Travel

    A Sweet Video on the 2010 Kumbha Mela

    Here's a video that I came across recently on Vimeo while preparing for our next spiritual adventure to North India and the Kumbha Mela festival in 2013. It captures wonderfully scenes from the last Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, North India in 2010. PURNA KUMBH MELA from warmeye on

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