by Geoff | Oct 28, 2013 | India
My journey into the Hindu world when attending the Kumbh Mela in February this year started in this same Christian cemetery in New Delhi. Having spent much time in cemeteries in Europe, even travelling through Spanish cemeteries from Comillas in the north of Spain to...
by Geoff | Oct 27, 2013 | India
‘When an Indian Kushti wrestler rolls in the earth, his hair and body become covered in the burnt-umber hue of soft clay. It’s said that he becomes “of one color.” This is meant literally of course — his black hair is matted down by the same mud that...
by Geoff | Oct 25, 2013 | India
It seems a little remiss to visit India, especially Varanasi, and not have any contact with Sadhus. Well here is am image of a holy man who I believe was also photographed by the American photographer Art Wolf and featured in his television documentary on... by Geoff | Oct 19, 2013 | India
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...
by Geoff | Oct 17, 2013 | India
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... by Geoff | Sep 22, 2013 | India
Can a brain be totally destroyed and completely frazzled? Can a personality be entirely lost or distorted? Can a reality be altered, a way of looking at the world developed from childhood be undone and a substitute landscape be programmed in which is entirely alien... by Geoff | Mar 21, 2013 | India
Here it is, the photograph I almost forgot. To be part of the largest gathering of people EVER in the history of Earth is kind of cool. It was estimated that 30 million people came to Sangam on Mauni Amawasya Snag on 10th February 2013 for a dip. Some great people... by Geoff | Mar 20, 2013 | India
In an earlier post I showed some images from the Indian Christian Cemetery at Nehru Bazar, Pahar Ganj, new Delhi. These earlier images were taken on our arrival in India. After our experiences at the Mela it may be interesting to show images from the same cemetery on... by Geoff | Mar 5, 2013 | India
I am a naked sadhu — a holy man. I live in a cave — away from civilization. I cannot reach out and touch the rest of the world — its people, pleasures and pain. In fact, I do not want to. I have voluntarily exiled myself. I have ash smeared all over my unclothed body.... by Geoff | Mar 4, 2013 | India
Crossing the Goddess was eventless. The pontoon bridge stretched out like a slightly twisting snake, the supporting plastic oval bollards elevating the wooden and metal bridge effortlessly above the brown flow, and the water slipped through the gaps without...
