Naga Sadhu smoking Chillum
Naga Sadhu | Kumbh Mela | Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India | 2010
A Naga Sadhu (wandering Hindu holy man) smoking Chillum during the Kumbh Mela. These Sadhus remain naked all the time and have long knotty hair smear their bodies with ash. Kumbha (pot) Mela (fair) is the world’s largest religious gathering. Kumbh Mela occurs four times in twelve years and rotates among following four locations: Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik.
Great B&W shot , very impressive !
waaat????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this wud be mind blasting for many people who visit ur blog..i didnt know abt all this… spreading the culture thru ur blog .. u took so much trouble to attend this n shoot naked sadhus
haha
cool Shot. It will be a classic with the passage of time. So preserve it carefully.
Whoooooo – this is stunning. I like that you took the shot out of his perspective (sitting) – so I can get the impression be inside this scene.
brilliant portrait!
had heard that they were banning photography there….
Wonderful shot.
woww!!! gud 1
So real. So true. So full of life. Love it Danny.
what a shot buddy!
Blunt! and expressive!
amazing shot actually!!
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Great shot. Would be great to shoot an entire series or story on this subject. Seems like there would be a lot of depth to the subject.
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Har Har Mahadev!!!!!
What a spectacular take…good work..and such image goes well in black and white only
Superb……!
Another stunning portrait, full of strength, composition and treatment are luxury.
You have my vote for the contest. CONGRATULATIONS!
A great photographic quality as well as the tonality, congratulation
Awesome photograph. Sorry haven’t visited much here I think.
Do you travel on assignments.
Oh my this is documentary shot, seems back in the old years when Claude Levi-Strauss studied ethnology and discovered unknown tribes & habits that helped opening our so-called civilized (poor) minds. Bravo, superb monochrome with depth of Feeling
it’s a strong image! lovely b&w!
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this is a really good shot, great b&w processing! it’s very odd… and he is very naked… it would be nice to see him “zoomed-out” in a context.
impressionnant, ce portrait !
naked men smoking pot, sounds like woodstock hahaha… great shot!!!
That is one powerful photo. He has certainly felt and experienced much in life as he wandered. Today, we are flying to the Appalachian Mountains to begin our 2,500 miles of wandering over six months of time. It will be fun to live and flow with nature again.
An amazing shot, actually superb!!
An impressive portrait
Fascinating, both the history and the image. Thanks to show us the amazing Indian culture Joshi.
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Oh, my God! So unexpected… I bet that this was not possibly seen any more! Great vote!
The last time I saw a naga sadhu was in Vrindavan. I am so amazing to see that man walking naked in a marketplace and acted so normally. And he was talking to people like a very normal person. I am even more amazed to see locals talking him normally. The only people who found it awkward were the tourists. All I have to say is cultures of India are so mysterious with such huge range of modernism and the extremes in India traditions. And your photographs documents them well.
absolutely incredible capture, joshi. a vivid depiction of customs and practices so foreign to the “Western” world. I have to say that i was always quite shy about taking peoples photos, and when I did, tried to do so from a distance. I am impressive that you were able to capture this.
Interesting image, especially to see the different cultures and customs of others. Definitely a unique and remarkable photo.
Amazing shot with a documentary feel to it. The contrast is just perfect and it already looks like a prized antique photo.
As always man,, nice shot …….
keep up the wrk better and better .
Funny, sad, vicious and still an amazing portrait.
This man has such a wonderful face, I hardly noticed the rest of him…at first, anyway. This is a stunner.
Une photo de reportage rendu très intéressante par le commentaire qui l’accompagne.
fantastic street portrait
Impresionante fotografia, gran realismo el que nos muestras de una cultura para mi desconocida, muy buena edición.
Buen trabajo!!
the principal is to be happy portrait top
Shot at a perfect angle. Good to see a monochrome version!!
An outstanding portrait ! Would want to see more of this festival.
What a shot! Your perspective is perfect and I love that it’s in black and white. Honestly, this is the kind of shot I’d expect to see in National Geographic…bravo to you!
very interesting photo
nice shot..love it in BW
Wow..amazing documentary image! Very well captured and great in bw!!
Outstanding portrait ! Bravo !
Was für ein Portrait… B&W passt perfekt !
fantastic portrait, really~
Lovely portrait; love the toning as well as your perspective
great use of angle and perspective, and the black and white is just right!
thanks for the information, we did not know of this – and you are allow to photograph too – great place and surely there must be lots to capture!!