Comments on: Alone, and at home, at the Kumbh Mela http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/ The meaningful travel blog: Go travel, volunteer, explore Wed, 16 May 2012 03:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: om namah shivaya http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-28489 om namah shivaya Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:46:55 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-28489 om namah shivay ek place hai jaha per sabhi prakar k kasto ka niwaran om namah shivay mahamantra ka jaap kara kar kiya jata hai, aaj k jiwan mai aadami bimari se sabse jada paresaan hai , log lakho rupay apni bimari per exp kar dete hai agar app bhi aise kisi person ko jante hai to please use bataye ki wo om namah shivay jay aur apne kasto ka niwaran pay. thanks om namah shivay ek place hai jaha per sabhi prakar k kasto ka niwaran om namah shivay mahamantra ka jaap kara kar kiya jata hai, aaj k jiwan mai aadami bimari se sabse jada paresaan hai , log lakho rupay apni bimari per exp kar dete hai agar app bhi aise kisi person ko jante hai to please use bataye ki wo om namah shivay jay aur apne kasto ka niwaran pay. thanks

]]> By: HostelBookers 7 Super Shots: Photographs of India and CanadaBreathedreamgo http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-27349 HostelBookers 7 Super Shots: Photographs of India and CanadaBreathedreamgo Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:45:49 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-27349 [...] Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India3. A photo that makes me laughIn 2010 I went to the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India. It’s the largest spiritual gathering on earth and attracts millions of pilgrims, pandits, [...] [...] Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India3. A photo that makes me laughIn 2010 I went to the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India. It’s the largest spiritual gathering on earth and attracts millions of pilgrims, pandits, [...]

]]> By: ranjan padhi http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-23846 ranjan padhi Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:36:49 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-23846 Wow! You are really lucky to be at Kumbh Mela or else people like me always plan to visit but due to heavy schedule it gets postponed. It’s well said that only people who get the call from god gets the chance to be part in Kumbh Mela. Thanks for sharing your experience, it raised my curiosity and this time I will definitely visit neglecting all other works. Wow! You are really lucky to be at Kumbh Mela or else people like me always plan to visit but due to heavy schedule it gets postponed. It’s well said that only people who get the call from god gets the chance to be part in Kumbh Mela. Thanks for sharing your experience, it raised my curiosity and this time I will definitely visit neglecting all other works.

]]> By: Vinayakan Aiyer http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-23563 Vinayakan Aiyer Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:07:52 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-23563 Nice! I love all the mythological stories....as I have read and heard lots of it in my formative years & I can never have excess of it. It doesn't matter whether its Hindu/Greek mythology. While reading this blog, I wonder where the other 3 drops fell? I don't know...but if you happen to know through your readings, please share. Wanted to add...I have always questioned realness of all the Naga Sadhus..some are for real and some are just passing time - I agree with your assessment. That said, they easily are best human subjects for photography. I am a Hindu myself. But I definitely question blind belief of 10-12 million people. My personal opinion is...in India a place of worship will always be more crowded than a shopping mall. Not that shopping mall is a great place, but crowded temples through the year to me is religious madness (minus the violence). I wonder how many really believe in it...and blind believe has never known to get anyone anywhere. Thanks. Vinayakan Nice! I love all the mythological stories….as I have read and heard lots of it in my formative years & I can never have excess of it. It doesn’t matter whether its Hindu/Greek mythology. While reading this blog, I wonder where the other 3 drops fell? I don’t know…but if you
happen to know through your readings, please share.

Wanted to add…I have always questioned realness of all the Naga Sadhus..some are for real and some are just passing time – I agree with your assessment. That said, they easily are best human subjects for photography.

I am a Hindu myself. But I definitely question blind belief of 10-12 million people. My personal opinion is…in India a place of worship will always be more crowded than a shopping mall. Not that shopping mall is a great place, but crowded temples through the year to me is religious madness (minus the violence). I wonder how many really believe in it…and blind believe has never known to get anyone anywhere.

Thanks. Vinayakan
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]]> By: My Story: Why I write and blog about travel in India BreatheDreamGo http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-17405 My Story: Why I write and blog about travel in India BreatheDreamGo Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:11:14 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-17405 [...] speak, I’ve been interviewed and I’ve had some fantastic adventures like attending the Kumbh Mela and dancing with Shahrukh Khan. It’s been a magic carpet ride. But I’ve done it with [...] [...] speak, I’ve been interviewed and I’ve had some fantastic adventures like attending the Kumbh Mela and dancing with Shahrukh Khan. It’s been a magic carpet ride. But I’ve done it with [...]

]]> By: Photograph of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India by Jean-Pierre Muller. BreatheDreamGo http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-14824 Photograph of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India by Jean-Pierre Muller. BreatheDreamGo Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:56:51 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-14824 [...] ↓ Leave a commentThe Blue City revealedI met photographer Jean-Pierre Muller during the Kumbh Mela in India April 2010, and loved his enthusiasm both for India and for photography. This photo is a [...] [...] ↓ Leave a commentThe Blue City revealedI met photographer Jean-Pierre Muller during the Kumbh Mela in India April 2010, and loved his enthusiasm both for India and for photography. This photo is a [...]

]]> By: Video panorama of world's largest gathering | BreatheDreamGo | India travel yoga http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-10892 Video panorama of world's largest gathering | BreatheDreamGo | India travel yoga Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:22:52 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-10892 [...] I took this video from the media platform in the middle of Har-ki-pauri, Haridwar (north India) during the Maha Kumbh Mela — which is the world’s largest gathering of humanity on earth. To read about this massive Hndu spiritual festival — and my harrowing adventures finding myself alone in the midst of millions — click here. [...] [...] I took this video from the media platform in the middle of Har-ki-pauri, Haridwar (north India) during the Maha Kumbh Mela — which is the world’s largest gathering of humanity on earth. To read about this massive Hndu spiritual festival — and my harrowing adventures finding myself alone in the midst of millions — click here. [...]

]]> By: Beverly http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-2320 Beverly Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:40:41 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-2320 You tell a lovely story Mariellen. What an experience! You tell a lovely story Mariellen. What an experience!

]]> By: Marie http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-288 Marie Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:12:28 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-288 Such a fantastic experience and you've written it up so well I could really feel your senses. Isn't it amazing how people like your friends Lalit and Jean-Pierre appeared just at the right time to push you along into the situation that you were meant to experience? I love this! And I really think we meet people for reasons, some of them big and some of them small that we don't even recognise. We are here to guide each other and forge our understanding of the connection. Such a fantastic experience and you’ve written it up so well I could really feel your senses. Isn’t it amazing how people like your friends Lalit and Jean-Pierre appeared just at the right time to push you along into the situation that you were meant to experience? I love this! And I really think we meet people for reasons, some of them big and some of them small that we don’t even recognise. We are here to guide each other and forge our understanding of the connection.

]]> By: Andi http://breathedreamgo.com/2010/04/alone-and-at-home-at-the-maha-kumbh-mela-the-largest-gathering-on-earth/#comment-286 Andi Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:35:39 +0000 http://breathedreamgo.com/?p=2343#comment-286 You were right when you said this was a once in several lifetimes event!!! I'm SO excited that you were able to experience this, wow!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for your story and photos (the photos are AMAZING). This was the 1st thing I read today and it's filled me with such peace and joy. :) You were right when you said this was a once in several lifetimes event!!! I’m SO excited that you were able to experience this, wow!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for your story and photos (the photos are AMAZING). This was the 1st thing I read today and it’s filled me with such peace and joy. :)

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