Camerawala
A pilgrim family
Makar Sankranti is a religious celebration observed all over India on the last day of month Poush in Bengali calender. Different parts of India has different names for it and different rituals are observed to celebrate the occasion. However bathing in river water on this auspicious day is considered to relieve a person of all sins all over India. Hence people from all corners of India flock to the places of pilgrimage to have a holy bath and one such place is Sagar in Bengal. This is the place where river Ganga meets Bay of Bengal.
Every year thousands of pilgrims visit Sagar to have the holy bath. For these people a base camp is being set up at Maidan in Kolkata every year, so that they can take some rest while on transit. One get a chance to have a glimpse of India untouched by globalization and waves of modernization, an India which clings to its beliefs and customs, superstitions and religion firmly, at this place.
In this series I tried to capture the daily life at the base camp in Maidan. The common pilgrims going about their lives, the naked sadhus and their devotees, the onlookers flocking the place from nearby locations, the gypsies and the businessmen selling warm clothes are the subjects of my photographs in this series.
I have created one PDF book with the photographs I took at the camp at Maidan. If you want to get a copy of it please contact me with your details: Full Name, Email, Occupation, Reason for asking a copy (if any). Alternatively you can also contact me through my blog post. You may also have a look at the draft version of the PDF book.
A pilgrim family
Makar Sankranti is a religious celebration observed all over India on the last day of month Poush in Bengali calender. Different parts of India has different names for it and different rituals are observed to celebrate the occasion. However bathing in river water on this auspicious day is considered to relieve a person of all sins all over India. Hence people from all corners of India flock to the places of pilgrimage to have a holy bath and one such place is Sagar in Bengal. This is the place where river Ganga meets Bay of Bengal.
Every year thousands of pilgrims visit Sagar to have the holy bath. For these people a base camp is being set up at Maidan in Kolkata every year, so that they can take some rest while on transit. One get a chance to have a glimpse of India untouched by globalization and waves of modernization, an India which clings to its beliefs and customs, superstitions and religion firmly, at this place.
In this series I tried to capture the daily life at the base camp in Maidan. The common pilgrims going about their lives, the naked sadhus and their devotees, the onlookers flocking the place from nearby locations, the gypsies and the businessmen selling warm clothes are the subjects of my photographs in this series.
I have created one PDF book with the photographs I took at the camp at Maidan. If you want to get a copy of it please contact me with your details: Full Name, Email, Occupation, Reason for asking a copy (if any). Alternatively you can also contact me through my blog post. You may also have a look at the draft version of the PDF book.