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Subject: [Leica] Kumbh Mela
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:26:09 -0400
References: <CAH1UNJ3Qpo0aqVxRXs_Dae98m5zHFtHwfmNDtXyvLFdYCZhhRQ@mail.gmail.com>

a beautiful culture!

ric


On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> I finally got around to finishing editing my Kumbh Mela photographs.
> The first few photographs document our going out to take the holy bath
> at the meeting point of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, called Sangam
> (means confluence in Sanskrit). It was a very auspicious day called
> Vasant Panchami, and in spite of very iffy weather, the estimated
> numbers of pilgrims who had a dip on that day was supposed to be 7-10
> million. A bath during this period at this spot is supposed to wash
> off all your earthly sins:
> 
> Starting Point:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-136.jpg.html
> 
> First View: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-223.jpg.html
> 
> Bathing Ghats: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-242.jpg.html
> 
> Sangam: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-250.jpg.html
> 
> Boat Boy: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-262.jpg.html
> 
> Bath: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-305.jpg.html
> 
> Spiritual Cleansing:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-315.jpg.html
> 
> Spiritual Cleansing 2:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-333.jpg.html
> 
> After the Dip: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-340.jpg.html
> 
> Unbroken Lines:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-361.jpg.html
> 
> Te next set is from the tented village that is put up for forty days
> to house millions, during a brief period of sunshine in an otherwise
> wet and soggy trip:
> 
> Pilgrims:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-678.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-464.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-489.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-492.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-575.jpg.html
> 
> A little pot session:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-652.jpg.html
> 
> Sadhus (Holy Men):
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-476.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-667.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-674.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> For what it is worth, as this was a topic of discussion recently on
> the LUG, the whole series taken with the Fuji X-Pro 1 and 18-55mm
> lens.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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