Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote Subject: [Leica] Kumbh Mela > I have just started processing the photographs, and I am starting with a > couple of shots of the branch of Sadhus called the Naga, who are > worshipers > of the god Shiva. They are amongst the most revered amongst the sadhus, > because they have forsaken everything of the real world, and go around > stark naked with long locks of hair coiled on their head. They are seldom > seen except for these major religious occasions, when they come down from > the remote aeries where they normally stay. They were conceived centuries > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-642.jpg.html > Like this one best. For Hindu warriors, living in remote aeries, they obviously have managed to keep well stocked larders!! Douglas