Showing posts with label The Naga Sadhu Procession To Neel Parbhat Trimbakeshwar. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The Naga Sadhu Procession To Neel Parbhat Trimbakeshwar






This was perhaps the most strenuous , tiring shoot I was barefeet and limping with an injured foot I had walked over 4 km with this procession .. I had to keep pace with them and the most difficult part was not the Naga Sadhus but the cops deliberately pushing us away , and most of them were cadets cops from rural areas they just did not know how to take command , most of them were in awe of their new surroundings .,.but all in all this was a great shoot and from here the procession of the Naga sadhus moved to Neel Parbhat , the Nagas than took a dip in a small pond and the event came to a close ,, I trudged my way back I had neither eaten nor drunk water ,,, as I started walking back to Trimbakeshwar bus depot there was another huge procession of the Udasin and Khalsa Akhara coming towards the temple town so the bus service had been halted I shot this procession too and walked back to my Naga camp another 3 km away ,,,
Luckily one of my Naga Gurus deaf mute disciple cleaned my wound and massaged my tired legs ,,,I realized I was an old man and had lost my adventurous spirit but I shot thousands of images .. as is where is I delete nothing those are my efforts soaked in my blood sweat and tears ,,,

The Naga Sadhu Procession To Neel Parbhat Trimbakeshwar









This was the most strenuous shoot much before the Shahi Snan , I followed the Naga Sadhu procession barefeet on an injured leg.. and I was thankful to have the company of my Facebook friend  CS Shelare ..I shot this procession till the end at Neel Parbhat ,,

Walking back tired and in real bad shape near the Trimbakeshwar Bus Depot I met another Udasin Akhara procession , the buses too had been halted because of this new procession so I decided to shoot it too.