The World Of Naga Babas At Maha Kumbh

Shree Vijay Giri Maharaj My Naga Guru Juna Akhada

Shooting Hope And Hindutva Message of Peace At Maha Kumbh 2013

Naga Babas At Maha Kumbh 2013 Allahabad

Naga Babas At Maha Kumbh 2013 Allahabad

The Naga Babas At Maha Kumbh Allahabad 2013

The Naga Babas At Maha Kumbh Allahabad 2013

The Naga Sadhu at Maha Kumbh Allahabad 2013

I have moderated all frontal nudity pictures of the Naga Sadhu adhering to Flickr guidelines , in short I have restricted the view , only Flickr members can see them including the Ling Kriya and penile yoga by my Naga Guru Shree Vijay Giri Maharaj Triveni of Panchdham Juna Akhada.

The Nagas are very humble but do not like being photoraphed and this can provoke them to hit you or smash your camera I shot Italian Naga Sadhus too .

The Naga Sadhus who dont wear clothes at all are known as Digambari Naga Sadhus.

Ling Kriya And Naga Guru Maha Kumbh 2013

I Reach Allahabad Sector 5 ..Meet My Guru Bathing in Cold Water

My Naga Guru Shree Vijay Giri Triveni of Panch Dasham Juna Akhada  was not living with his Guru at Sector 4 where all the Juna Akhada sadhus had their space ..

He had taken a few tents for his disciples , devotees of Ganga Maiyya at Bhardwaj Seva Ashram run by the Panda Trivedi family .. a comfortable homely place close to the Sangam and the banks of the Ganga .

The other Akhadas too were close to sector 5 ..my home in a tent in transit.

My Guru was very happy to see me.

The Maha Kumbh 2013 Allahabad Shahi Snan Basant Panchmi

This was shot in the tent where I stayed with my guru on arriving from Mumbai by the Kamyani Express on 12 Feb it was 7 hours late and Gurus disciple Rajan waited for me and bought me to Sector 5 .

I will divide this set in two parts as I shot a lot of naked Naga Sadhus Digambari .. and will moderate those pictures of the Naga Sadhus and the Shahi Snan to adhere to Flickr guidelines that restricts frontal nudity ..

So unless you are a Flickr member you cannot see these pictures ... the tamer ones will be for public view .. I shot Ling Kriya and penile yoga I shot Hijras taking a bath in the Sangam .. the Hijra  pictures can only be seen by my friends on Flickr.. Sorry.


I took the Holy Dip on Shahi Snan too,  after my Naga Guru a moment of spiritual  exhilaration and I shot some great Mahants Sants and Mystics ...I shot a lot , but on Shahi Snan dressed as a Hindu I shot the Naga procession , the Naga mud bath in the safe protection of my Naga Guru.

All my pictures are a story board starting from my journey in Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Station Kurla .. till my departure from Allahabad  on Duranto Express yesterday .. I waited 7 hours in the AC waiting room for my train..but not before helping my Guru with  loading the stuff from the road to the station in heavy rains ..

Vehicles could not enter the station at all..it was real bad situation and honestly we can host Asian Olympics but lack the professional integrity to hold a Maha Kumbh .. and less said about disaster management the better at the Kumbh Mela site it was a filthy dirty environment no internet access and thanks only to the Akhadas there was some semblance of order barring the fire in one of the Akhadas.

My pictures are my personal  poetry , shot of my cultural inheritance and it was a real experience I think whatever your caste creed or religiosity..seeing the Maha Kumbh once in a lifetime is a must.. to understand Indian ethos and Hope Hindutva as a message of Humanity and Universal Peace .

I was lauded for shooting documenting this great moment and gifted a bouquet of roses by His Holiness Chandraswamiji of  Vishwa Dharmayatan Sanathanand his disciple Sant Chetan Vaidyaji was kind enough to introduce me to the great man.

Naga Sadhus At Mumbadevi Going To The Maha Kumbh

The Naga Sadhus of India

a stick
in hand
entwined
without
fear
yogic
penile
ling kriya
the vision
of a seer
har har mahadev
the cosmic sound
hits the ears
a chant the soul
endears beyond
the horizon
straight and clear

Kumbh I Come

to the sound
of the conch
the beat of
the drum
the soul
reinvigorated
the spirit
no more
numb
to share
the elixir
of nirvana
moksh
spiritual
crumbs
har har
mahadev
bom shankar
dam maro dum

The Call Of The Maha Kumbh

falls
on my ears
with a boom
my mind
poetically
zooms
a thought
rises
as it
 looms
a beggar
poet
deleted
doomed
from the
cosmic
soul
of nothingness
exhumed