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Subject: [Leica] Kumbh Mela
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:16:16 +0530
References: <CAH1UNJ3Qpo0aqVxRXs_Dae98m5zHFtHwfmNDtXyvLFdYCZhhRQ@mail.gmail.com> <615D6593-1270-4A86-86F4-0D83EEACD4ED@frozenlight.eu>

Nathan,
Thanks for looking. I actually did not go anywhere near the real crowds -
at the bathing ghats
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> Great to see this famous festival through your eyes. I find that
> especially Spiritual Cleansing 2 give a good impression of the enormous
> scale of the event, and I love the portraits of the holy men at the end.
> Hell, I love them all but these are the ones that caught my eye.
>
> So, now you can sin freely for the next, is it 12 years? Good for you :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>
> YNWA
>
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>
>
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj 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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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Kumbh Mela)
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