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portrait of a pilgrim, gangasagar transit camp
She happens to be a widow (white clothes, lack of sindoor on forehead etc) and had come by train with her village folk from Rewa, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewa,_Madhya_Pradesh around a days journey from Kolkata
The Gangasagar pilgrimage and fair is the second largest congregation of mankind after the triennial ritual bathing of Kumbha Mela, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagar_Island#Pilgrimage
pilgrims gather here from all parts of india, to proceed to the gangasagar mela which is another 110 kms - the final stretch
the big day is makar sankranti, which was on the 15th of jan this year
this was my second visit to the camp, which was almost deserted
my earlier visit was on the 13th & the camp was teeming with activity
portrait of a pilgrim, gangasagar transit camp
She happens to be a widow (white clothes, lack of sindoor on forehead etc) and had come by train with her village folk from Rewa, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewa,_Madhya_Pradesh around a days journey from Kolkata
The Gangasagar pilgrimage and fair is the second largest congregation of mankind after the triennial ritual bathing of Kumbha Mela, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagar_Island#Pilgrimage
pilgrims gather here from all parts of india, to proceed to the gangasagar mela which is another 110 kms - the final stretch
the big day is makar sankranti, which was on the 15th of jan this year
this was my second visit to the camp, which was almost deserted
my earlier visit was on the 13th & the camp was teeming with activity