by Geoff | Sep 2, 2015 | India
The notion that a whole city can exist on a spiritual fault line where the boundaries between the secular and spiritual worlds are almost indivisible can surely only occur in India. Varanasi, the city of Shiva and considered by Mark Twain to be older than time itself,...
by Geoff | Aug 30, 2015 | India
I am travelling to Spain in early September to assist with an archaeological dig featuring a previously undisturbed Spanish Civil War site. Arranged through the International Brigades Memorial Trust of which I have been a member for a number of years, a group of...
by Geoff | Aug 27, 2015 | India
More images, mostly unpublished, from the Kumbh Mela at Allahabad 2013. Share this: Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)...
by Geoff | Aug 27, 2015 | India
There is a Kumbh Mela occurring as I write this in Nashik, close to Mumbai. It seems relevant to revisit the main reason why millions make their way to these gatherings. That reason is an unswervable belief that sins will be washed away and...
by Geoff | Aug 23, 2015 | India
Gallery of images portraying a naga baba conducting rituals and bathing besides the river Ganges in Allahabad, February 2013, at the Maha kumbh Mela. Share this: Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Telegram (Opens...
by Geoff | Aug 22, 2015 | India
I went to London this week to see a photographic exhibition of the 2013 Maha Kumbh Mela at Allahabad by London based Polish photographer Boguslaw Maslak . His images, some featured here from photographs taken at the exhibition, brought back vivid memories of my own...
