Tag: Sadhus
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Gallery of Sadhus, Kumbha Mela (Day 4)
This photo makes up Day 4 of our gallery of sadhus. Join us for our grandest spiritual adventure yet, the Kumbha Mela and North India journey, in February 2013.
Read MoreA 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 Vimeo.
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Extraordinary display of will at the Kumbha Mela
This is a photo of Naga Baba Amar Bharti Ji taken at the last Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, North India in 2010. According to those present at the location I was told he has been holding his arm in the air for 28 years. Many Hindus perform tapas or austerities of varying degrees and this…
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Naga Sadhu – Gallery of Sadhus (Day 2)
This is a photo of a Naga Sadhu that I took at the previous Kumbha Mela festival that was held in Haridwar, North India. Naga sadhus are primarily sky-clad. After spending some time with him in his temporary tent at the Kumbha Mela I asked if he would pose for me. He willingly obliged and…
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Gallery of Sadhus (Day 1)
As we prepare for what may be our grandest spiritual adventure yet, the Kumbha Mela and North India journey, next February 2013 I’d like to share with you a series of images of sadhus that I’ve taken in recent years. Sadhus are Hindu renunciates, men and women who have dedicated their...
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Kumbha Mela and North India Spiritual Adventure
During our spiritual adventure to the Maha Kumbha Mela in February 2013 we plan to also visit Kolkata, Varanasi, Khajuraho and Panna National Park. We’ll probably be adding one more location to the itinerary but that will be finalized in the days to come. The spiritual adventure is expected...
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Maha Kumbha Mela 2013 Schedule
In the early part of next year the massive Maha Kumbha Mela festival will take place again. Occurring once every four years the last Kumbha Mela took place in the town of Haridwar on the banks of the river Ganges in North India in 2010. Next year the festival will take place at Allahabad in…
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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 himself or herself...
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