Re: Royal Enfield Bullet ride - Maha Kumbh Mela 2013 -> Kolkata - Allahabad - Kolkata Quote:
Originally Posted by girishglg Saw the title and instantaneously realised of course such a super photologue of the Maha Kumbh could be framed by our one any only adc!!
Super start there and loved the hair flip pic of the sadhu. What a well timed capture making a mundane act such a visual of art!
Hope the week long camping at the site have many more of such superlative visuals and looking forward for them with bated breath now.
You do not cease to wow adc be it the Chap raasta video a must watch and an all time favourite - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...er-2011-a.html or any of your excursions. Just super! | Quote:
Originally Posted by goswami.j Awesome. My salute to you for undertaking this awesome journey. | Quote:
Originally Posted by arindamray it is indeed an achievement to experience such an event. somewhere it brings the belief, faith and may be more important than that humility. may be the bengalee's in the group have gone through Kalkut's epic 'Kothay Pabo Tare' which helps to visualise it. thanks adc for bringing it before our eyes. | Quote:
Originally Posted by swami.n Fantastic write up and photos. And the fact that you made the trip with the bullet, makes it even more awesome. A chance to witness the maha kumbh for people like us who could not be there in person. Many thanks. | Quote:
Originally Posted by rulerofsun Thanks for the wonderful pictures. Seems we both enjoyed clicking the flute sellers. I was my first Kumbh and a great one.
Regards
RoS | Quote:
Originally Posted by TwinHead salute you sir for the great treat you have given to our eyes.
For many who wanted to go and dint, due to various reasons, this is the thread to get your guilt off. Thank you once again. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rup_Chatterjee Beautiful pictures ADC one of best photos coming from your side, waiting for more, please share them at the earliest. These picture portrays unadulterated India, India we rarely see from our concrete abode. I can see that you have used your other lens barring your Favourite 11-16 | Quote:
Originally Posted by samarjitdhar Truly lucky ADC da for witnessing such a historic event which happens every 144 years. Your pictures actually capture in lifelike form the faith in the Almighty and religion evident from the intensity shown by the pilgrims, ascetics and saadhus who make it to this event. I am sure there are more pictures to come. |
Thank you all for appreciation. It was definitely a huge experience for me - a mass gathering of humanity where everyone was invited.
One can be indifferent or agnostic or an atheist, but anyone who has spend some time at the Maha Kumbh Mela will marvel at the sights and sounds of this vast ground. The rich and poor, the eccentric and the mundane, the learned and the simpletons all have their place.
Walking everyday anywhere between 10-20 km, bewildered by the vastness and diversity, and also personal talk with a number of people from sadhus to pilgrims as to why they have come here and as to the significance - it was a brilliant and everlasting memorable experience for me.
Later on at the end of the images, will share some of the interesting information and talk that I had over there.
And some interesting stats from BBC.com
Number expected to bathe: 100 million
Number of days: 55
Area: 20 sq km (4,932 acres)
Drinking water: 80 million litres
Toilets: 35,000
Doctors: 243
Police: 30,000
Number united at lost-and-found centre since 14 January: 40,000
Number treated at 14 hospitals: 152,326 Quote:
Originally Posted by rulerofsun Thanks for the wonderful pictures. Seems we both enjoyed clicking the flute sellers. I was my first Kumbh and a great one. |
Glad to hear that it was a great experience. Do share more images as you feel. Quote:
Originally Posted by Rup_Chatterjee I can see that you have used your other lens barring your Favourite 11-16 |
Thanks again, 15-85 it is.
Last edited by adc : 21st March 2013 at 16:43.
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