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More images,  mostly unpublished,  from the Kumbh Mela at Allahabad 2013.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)...
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...