The blog has been a little quiet as Ive been sick, yes again, this time with bronchitis which took me out of action for a few days. But after a course of antibiotics (I hate taking any type of pills) I feel 100% again. I´ve been sick a few times on this trip which is unusual for me normally I´m a pretty healthy specimen of a man, perhaps I´m just getting old. Anyway back to photography. I returned to Haridwar
Read more... →This short, but extremely busy, month nearly caught me out with regards to the monthly wallpaper, I’m normally pretty good as far as being organised goes but having been traveling for so long & with no real routine I seem to be losing track of time some what. It was shot at the Kumbh mela a few weeks ago. I should be able to get some more holi pics up on the blog in the next day or 2, but
Read more... →The observant of you will have noticed that I now have a Kumbh Mela gallery on my site, I’ll be adding more images to this if all goes well. Last Friday saw the first of the royal bathing days for the Kumbh mela, this one was called ‘Shivratri’ – the birthday of the Hindu god Shiva. On these sacred days thousands of naked and semi clad naga sadhus proceed to the ghats to bath in the Ganges. Naga sadhus or
Read more... →Nothing really exciting to report but just wanted to show a couple of pics from recent days. They show the 2 main events of the mela. The first being morning bathing in the Ganges to purify your body and spirit, the second be the processions by the naked naga sadhus, who are considered the holiest of all sadhus and I’ve found them to be extremely hospitable, inviting me into there camps to share food and tea. More photos can be
Read more... →Tight restrictions on photographers here in Haridwar have made shooting this event difficult. Millions of pilgrims are expected to arrive over the 4 months of the mela to bath in the river Ganges during this auspicious time. However police have prohibited photography in the main bathing ghats and have been enforcing this with vigor. As I stated in a previous post that I’ve had to look elsewhere and shoot the event in a different way than I’d planned. I arrived
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