by Geoff | Oct 2, 2014 | India
After a year of poor health I have booked a flight to India for early January. It is currently Durga Puja time again and it is 1 year since my visit in 2013. To reflect this return I have developed this new website focusing exclusively on the Ganges and its worship... by Geoff | Nov 20, 2013 | India
The images from the Kumbh Mela visit taken in February this year in Allahabad are currently being exhibited at the Moorish restaurant, Wiveliscombe. They will be on display until Christmas. An evening of Indian food is also arranged for Saturday 7th December where the...
by Geoff | Oct 30, 2013 | India
The week spent at Varanasi was entirely unlike I wanted it to be. Nursing a badly swollen ankle sustained in a fall at Kolkata railway station, activity here has been, like my mobility, restricted. It has been salutary to relax within the hotel, read a little and...
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...
