The Blog — 8 posts

Kumbh Mela 2013

Every teaching, story, and reflection filed under Kumbh Mela 2013.

Photography & TravelJul 21, 20121 min

Monk with really long hair

Ok, I admit I could have come up with a more creative blog post title but at least it gets straight to the point.

Spiritual AdventuresJul 19, 20121 min

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…

Spiritual AdventuresJul 14, 20121 min

Collection of Kumbha Mela Photos by Anna Kastner

The grand 2013 Kumbha Mela festival is only a little over 7 months away. Quite a few people have signed up for our spiritual adventure to this festival and across north India and we hope you will too.

Photography & TravelMay 2, 20121 min

Sadhus at the Kumbh Mela

Here's the final photo in our 14 day series of images of Sadhus. The biggest gathering of sadhus takes place every 3 years at the Kumbha Mela festival. It comes around again next year but time a…

Photography & TravelMay 1, 20121 min

Day 12 of our Sadhu Image Series

Well, we are coming close to the end of our 14 day series of images of some of Hinduism's renunciates that I have photographed over the years. Sadhus are particularly photogenic I must say and the…

Photography & TravelApr 29, 20121 min

Monks embracing technology

For Day 11 of our series of images on sadhus I bring you a photo I took about 3 years back at the Kumbha Mela festival in Haridwar of a sadhu. I was focused on a photographing a parade when I noticed…

Photography & TravelApr 28, 20121 min

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…

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