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More images,  mostly unpublished,  from the Kumbh Mela at Allahabad 2013. Share...
Nimtala and Cremation : Kolkata

Nimtala and Cremation : Kolkata

I recently received a request from a student of architecture in India for some photographs I had taken of Nimtala Cremation Ghat, Kolkata. He had seen them on my website and wanted them to support his University thesis on devising plans for a new cremation complex,...

A Stretch of Goddess

The notion that a river can be a Goddess intrigued me even before my, and my son’s,  trip to the Kumbh Mela in February 2013 . Water has long been considered to be a medium of spirituality and its presence, often as a purifying agent, plays vital roles in many...
A Strange Story of Banana Trees

A Strange Story of Banana Trees

Well the festival has been and gone and I am now at Varanasi at the Yogi Lodge listening to John Mclaughlin over the speakers in the empty restaurant area. The owner is  called Ahmed with a love of western music and regularly Pink Floyd, Doors and other esoteric ( I...

Allahabad

The jeep left the bus station and began threading its way through a maelstrom of colour,  activity and noise.  Rickshaws,  motor bikes,  animals and people were dodging each other with long practised skill,  as our vehicle incredibly found a path through this moving...