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Tag: Kumbha Mela

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Apr 27, 2012

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 can't explain it. You can sense its existence through the refined state of your senses, but you can't explain it. To kn...

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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Aug 29, 2011 Photography & Travel

A Kumbha Mela photo from the archives

I was going through some photos from last year's Kumbha Mela festival in Haridwar, North India and came across this image of one of the sadhus and I thought I'd share it with you all.
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Mar 29, 2011 Photography & Travel

Can Women be Monks?

It is a question I get asked quite often and the answer, at least in the Hindu religion, is Yes! And if you want to be pedantic then they would more appropriately be called nuns. In Hinduism men and women can attain the same heights of spiritual awakening. It is taught that God
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Mar 13, 2011 Photography & Travel

Press for a Photo at the Kumbha Mela

The Kumbha Mela is, needless to say, a photographers paradise. For those of us who have never been to a Kumbha Mela or never will, it is these men and women that do their best to bring this experience to our doorstep by photographing this exhilarating festival, if it is even poss
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Mar 10, 2011 Photography & Travel

Kumbha Mela's Ascetics

In February of 2010 I was fortunate enough to be present at the Kumbha Mela festival that was taking place in Haridwar, North India. Thousands of Hindu ascetics (a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies h
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Dec 28, 2010 Quotes

Quote by Henry Ford (Day 14)

“Whether you think you can or you can’t, you are usually right.” - Henry Ford Photo: A sadhu, Hindu monk, has held his hand up in the air for 28 years as a form of penance. With his finger nails curling long, here, he can be seen gathered to celebrate in the grand 2010 Kumbha
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