On February 16th, thankfully the day after the last of the three really big Royal Bathing Days (when all the sadhus bathe), the heavens opened up and it rained heavily, non-stop for almost 24 hours. Dare I say it, it was Biblical rain which was worth photographing - we must pull out the shots we took. This made life at the camps pretty miserable, so many of our tents were flooded, let alone the very basic camps. A lot of the sadhus took the opportunity to pack up and start heading back home and to the routined lifestyle they really prefer. Pilgrims continued to come and go, bathing in the Holy Ganges and now, it really is all over for another three years but we're already planning our next adventure with the nagas and babas!
Here are a couple of short videos we put together on this year's Kumbh.
Namaste.
Julie and Adam
March 2013