Tuesday, February 16, 2010

India Lives Here: Kumbh Mela In Haridwar



13 comments:

Indrayani said...

I so wanna go there someday!!!
And is this you in pictures? you are so cute in the 3rd pic from the top! :)

And I love ths total contrast in the lives of these saadhus...

Are they even real.. ? I mean.. the "tapasya" ??
Wrong question , i guess...!

But tell me more, how was it!!???

Parv Kaushik said...

@indrayani ohh yes thts me thnx for the compliment!! thts a very importnt pic for me.. thinkng of framing it and putting it in my room!

i knw it's vry complicated for us to answer but maybe they r sannyasins thy r living lyf thr own style!

it was way too cool.. it totally freaked me out.. r u on fb thn add me as a frnd.. i have more pics thr.. rishikesh is heaven!

Meow said...

Amazing pics.. My dad has met those sannyasins many times.. he is a trekker and he is ardent devotee of Lord Shiva.. he has gone even to Mt. Kailash :)

Even I wanna go there and see them :)

Priyanka Telang said...

too good man...great shots i m proud of u.. I will be loading soon from Vrindavan Kumbh to complete the series ;)

BK Chowla, said...

Very nice pics. I went to Haridwar about one year back, but I am sure on these ocassions it is different.

Priya said...

Freedom in many different choices of life. Nice pics.

Parv Kaushik said...

@meow thts wonderful thn m sure he must be full of wisdom and wise sayings!! it's a gr88 place u shld visit it !!

Parv Kaushik said...

@priyanka hahaha!! thn we will run a series of various kumbs in the country.. thnx for the compliment!

Parv Kaushik said...

@BK Chowla yes it is quite different and grand!! its grandeur is spell bounding!!

Parv Kaushik said...

@priya quite true! whateva gives them happiness!!

Meghana said...

Hey Parv,

Very nice pictures.

Recently wrote 2 post one on Kumbh Mela and the other on Naga Sadhus.

There is lots of misconception about Naga Sadhus here in western world so..wrote that post to clarify few things.

wonderful pictures once again!

meghana

k.ø.c.h.ü said...

cool ;) nice snaps

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the great article. You might also like to have a look at a comprehensive article that I have written on the Kumbh Mela (together with some beautiful photographs done by the very talented Enrico Fabian). You will find it here: http://blog.knowledge-must.com/archives/13-Kumbh-Mela-The-Most-Wonderful-Sight-in-India.html