For Women to bathe at the Kumba Mela it involved immersing oneself in the Ganges (Ganga) while wearing ones' saree...and then rinsing the saree off...
This blog chronicles my January 2007 journey through India. I'm an anthropologist and a photographer with special interests in gender, sexuality, family and spirituality.
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- Osho Land--First Impressions
- More on Sex and Marriage in India
- The Bengali Way
- I Join An Indian Family
- Saraswatsi--Goddess of Education
- Temple Snoozers
- Jain Temples, Calcutta
- Calcutta Book Mart
- Human Rickshaw, Calcutta
- Victoria Memorial Calcutta
- Looking More Indian in my new Punjabi
- India Day in Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Varanasi (Benares)
- Morning Bathers in Varanasi
- Sunrise Over the Ganges (Ganga) River (Varanasi)
- Varanasi (Benares) At Night
- Sarnath Mound Containing the Remains of Buddha
- With Indian Tourists...
- Durga Temple in Varanasi
- Varanasi (Benares) At Night
- Indian Puppy Pile
- Kumbha Mela Audience
- Bindi Packets for Sale!
- Colored Powders for Applying Third Eyes...
- Sarees Laying Out to Dry
- Kumbha Mela Bather
- With My Guru...
- I Find My Guru!
- Village Girl
- Village Women and Children (outside Jaipur)
- Carpet Weaver
- Carpet Makers Around Jaipur
- Made to order fruit salad
- Ancient Temples...
- With Our Swami in Rishikesh
- Saris for Sale
- Bread Vendors in Old Delhi
- Ceilings in Islamic Art Museum, Kuala Lumpur
- Peace Sculpture in Kuala Lumpur
- Kuala Lumpur Twin Towers
- Women at the Kumba Mela
- Beggar Girls
- Me, Fantuzzi and David Karp
- My Attempt at Enlightenment!
- Kumba Mela at Night
- Kumba Mela Bathers
- More Kumba Mela
- My Kumba Mela Guide
- Drinkers of Tea Offering
- Kumba Mela Tents
- Mom and daughter at Kumba Mela
- Getting to the Kumba Mela
- Carpet Making Around Jaipur
- Pictures!
- East West Conversations
- The Taj Mahal
- Love and Marriage in Today's India
- More from Rishikesh
- Hi from Rishikesh
- First Day in India
- Hi from Kuala Lumpur
- Lots more getting ready
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