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interview by Rodrigo Sombra, journalist of the Muito magazine (http://revistamuito.atarde.com.br/), from Brazil.

What do you believe are the main reasons that your idea of empowering ascetics with cameras have attracted the sadhus ?

First of all over the past three Kumbh Melas since this project began, the scope of media has changed, with less expensive consumer cameras, mobile phones with cameras and especially in the past few years, the [...]

behind the scenes photos from 2010 Kumbh Mela, Haridwar

Teaching Mahant Durga Giri, from Nepal, how to use her new 35mm point and shoot.

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Over the course of my three journeys to the Kumbh Mela, living and traveling among the ascetics of Juna Akhara, at the festival itself, in their ashrams and along various pilgrimage treks, I have made considerable effort to assimilate and thus relinquish my initial identity as a journalist, tourist, or foreigner. As I am a multimedia [...]

updated version of promotional video…

This is a work in progress…
but here’s the latest [...]

Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2010 dates!!! official

ok chelo, who’s with me??

14 January, thursday – Makar Sankranti Snaan – 1st Snaan (bath)
15 January, friday – Mauni Amavasya and Surya Grahan ( Solar Eclipse) – 2nd Snaan
20 January, Wednesday – Basant Panchmi Snaan – 3rd snaan
30 January, Saturday – Magh Purnima Snaan – 4th Snaan
12 February, Friday – Maha Shivratri – Pratham Shahi Snaan!
15 [...]

hindi practice… proposal drafts…

हिन्दी मेरी पहली भाषा नहीं है. मैं ही सीख रही हूँ…

मैं जो जूना अखाड़ा के साधु और साध्वी जो कुंभ मेले में भाग के बारे में दस्तावेजी फिल्म बना रहा है हूँ.
लेकिन आज कल मैं एक आलग अलग फिल्म बना रहा हूँ. इस बार, मैं उन्हें को कैमरों दे रहा हूँ और वे इस फिल्म बना [...]

kumbh dates emailed…

Prem Giri and Nicole, Varanasi 2007 – photo: gabi ghersi

Last night, as I do every so often, I sent out a few text messages to some of the phone numbers I have stored in my phone from Kumbh 2007. All I wrote (in Hindi) was that I was thinking about them… my phone rang a [...]