Kumbha Mela
2001 Photo Gallery - Page 26 |
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More photos taken on Basant Panchami, January 29, 2001, the last important bathing day of January. |
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10.15am…and now it is time for the procession to the Sangam of the Akaharas and the naga sadhus and the pageantry which accompanies them on bathing days like this. |
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The water is
cold and the breeze makes me shiver. |
The water is getting deeper, but who cares. The stuff that needs to stay dry is on our heads. |
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| Remaining upright requires lots of concentration because this is truly a dizzy place to be. | |
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A mother
reminds her son that jumping up and down and splashing about is fine,
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9.20am .The scene from a boat anchored at the Treveni; looking towards the Sangam bank in the distance. The white space on the right side of the Sangam bank is reserved for the Akahara’s shahi snans due to begin in an hour. |
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