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Over the course of my three journeys to the Kumbh Mela, living and traveling among the ascetics of Juna Akhara, at the festival itself, in their ashrams and along various pilgrimage treks, I have made considerable effort to assimilate and thus relinquish my initial identity as a journalist, tourist, or foreigner. As I am a [...]

This is a work in progress…
but here’s the latest cut:

ok chelo, who’s with me??
14 January, thursday – Makar Sankranti Snaan – 1st Snaan (bath)
15 January, friday – Mauni Amavasya and Surya Grahan ( Solar Eclipse) – 2nd Snaan
20 January, Wednesday – Basant Panchmi Snaan – 3rd snaan
30 January, Saturday – Magh Purnima Snaan – 4th Snaan
12 February, Friday – Maha Shivratri – Pratham Shahi [...]

हिन्दी मेरी पहली भाषा नहीं है. मैं ही सीख रही हूँ…
मैं जो जूना अखाड़ा के साधु और साध्वी जो कुंभ मेले में भाग के बारे में दस्तावेजी फिल्म बना रहा है हूँ.
लेकिन आज कल मैं एक आलग अलग फिल्म बना रहा हूँ. इस बार, मैं उन्हें को कैमरों दे रहा हूँ और वे इस फिल्म [...]

Last night, as I do every so often, I sent out a few text messages to some of the phone numbers I have stored in my phone from Kumbh 2007. All I wrote (in Hindi) was that I was thinking about them… my phone rang a lot last night from +91 country codes…. I also [...]

Check out a completely unedited look at the 2007 Ardha Kumbh Mela in Prayag (Allahabad) and Shivaratri in Varanasi, through the eyes of 21 different photographers, all various level members of Juna Akhara.
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