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...

New Delhi to Allahabad

The aphorism “Stranger in a Strange Land’ is no idle description of our experiences in India,  especially as Heinlein reportedly originally envisaged the story based on Kipling’s The Jungle Book,  with the equivalent of Mowgli being raised on a...

Return from India

It is 3 days now since our return from India.  My son James and I spent 8 days at the Maha Kumb Mela and a further 5 days at Varanasi,  with 1 night at New Delhi attached at the start of the holiday and at the end.  It was our first trip to India and although having...
Pilgrim at dawn,  Maha Kumbh Mela 2013 Allahabad

Pilgrim at dawn, Maha Kumbh Mela 2013 Allahabad

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Juna akhara sadhu applying Vibhuti ash on eve of Mauni Amavasya

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Kolkata,  during Durga Puja

Kolkata, during Durga Puja

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Durga Puja at Kolkata October 2013

Durga Puja at Kolkata October 2013

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Yoga at Dawn,  Maha Kumbh Mela 2013

Yoga at Dawn, Maha Kumbh Mela 2013

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Durga Puja Kolkata, 2013

Durga Puja Kolkata, 2013

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