Ardh Kumbh mela pilgrims #7. Allahabad, India
This is part of a series i made about Hindu pilgrims during the Ardh Kumbh mela in Allahabad, Januray 2007.
After night fall Kumbh city becomes flooded with lights and sounds, and activity hardly stops. All night long, bhajans (devotional hymns) are sung and braodcasted by loudspeakers in all the temporary ashrams set up for the month long festival. As always during Hindu religious festivals, the sacred and the simple pleasures of life mix, and for some, the mela is also a great opportunity to buy a new statue of a deity for home or a new set of bangles from street vendors.
Ardh Kumbh mela pilgrims #7. Allahabad, India
This is part of a series i made about Hindu pilgrims during the Ardh Kumbh mela in Allahabad, Januray 2007.
After night fall Kumbh city becomes flooded with lights and sounds, and activity hardly stops. All night long, bhajans (devotional hymns) are sung and braodcasted by loudspeakers in all the temporary ashrams set up for the month long festival. As always during Hindu religious festivals, the sacred and the simple pleasures of life mix, and for some, the mela is also a great opportunity to buy a new statue of a deity for home or a new set of bangles from street vendors.