ascetics with cameras

2010 : disposable cam#41 Mahant Meera Puri, Haridwar

Mahant Meera Puri — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:39:12 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#56 Bhakti Giri

BhaktiGiri — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:16:12 +0000

photos by Bhakti Giri @ 2010 [view more...]

2010 : disposable cam#08 Gita Giri

GitaGiri — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:02:57 +0000

new promo teaser video!

िनकोल — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:32:34 +0000

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2010 : digital camera user : Daya Bharti : kumbh mela

Daya Bharti — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:08:37 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Kotwal Shyama Puri : kumbh mela

Kotwal Shyama Puri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:47:11 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Shri Mahant Meera Puri (lucknow wali) : kumbh mela

Shri Mahant Meera Puri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:23:28 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Shri Mahant Meera Puri (lucknow wali) : himachel pradesh

Shri Mahant Meera Puri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:11:52 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Rajrajeshwar Giri : rajastan

RajrajershwarGiri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:48:07 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Rajrajeshwar Giri : kumbh mela

RajrajershwarGiri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:28:51 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Rajrajeshwar Giri : himachel pradesh

RajrajershwarGiri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:15:09 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Rajrajeshwar Giri : hariyana

RajrajershwarGiri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:57:55 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Rajrajeshwar Giri : gharwal

RajrajershwarGiri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:42:10 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Rajrajeshwar Giri : bhagwan

RajrajershwarGiri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:34:19 +0000

2010 : digital camera user : Rajrajeshwar Giri : animals & nature

RajrajershwarGiri — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:17:32 +0000

2010 : 35mm point & shoot user : Kotwal Shyama Puri – roll 01

Kotwal Shyama Puri — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:24:31 +0000

2010 : 35mm point & shoot user : Shri Mahant Uma Giri – roll 01

Shri Mahant Uma Giri — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:22:56 +0000

2010 : 35mm point & shoot user : Mahant Meera Puri (Haridwar) – roll 01

Mahant Meera Puri — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:09:39 +0000

2010 : 35mm point & shoot user : Kedar Puri – roll 01

Kedar Puri — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:33:09 +0000

2010 : 35mm point & shoot user : Shri Mahant Hira Giri – roll 01

Shri Mahant Hira Giri — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:12:24 +0000

2010 : 35mm point & shoot user : Hem Giri – roll 02

Hem Giri — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:50:44 +0000

2010 : 35mm point & shoot user : Hem Giri – roll 01

Hem Giri — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:31:34 +0000

2010 : 35mm point & shoot user : Mahant Hare Ram Giri – roll 01

Mahant Hare Ram Giri — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:48:22 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#10 Prem Giri Mai

Prem Giri Mai — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:30:35 +0000

2010 : disposable cam# 54 Shri Mahant Aradhana Giri

Shri Mahant Aradhana Giri — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:49:14 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#29 Oma Giri

Oma Giri — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:03:37 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#48 Om Dat Giri

Om Dat Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:25:13 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#47 Mahant Yem Giri

Mahant Yem Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:24:31 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#46 Mahant Meera Puri, Haridwar

Mahant Meera Puri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:23:39 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#45 Manta Puri

Manta Puri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:22:35 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#43 Rita Giri

Rita Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:21:41 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#39 Santi Giri

Santi Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:20:49 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#36 Maya Giri

Maya Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:19:52 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#34 Narvada Giri

Narvada Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:18:47 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#32 Mamarta Giri

Mamarta Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:18:05 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#31 Om Dat Giri

Om Dat Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:17:16 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#26 Mahant Hari Giri

Mahant Hari Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:13:37 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#25 Haridwar Giri Mai

Haridwar Giri Mai — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:11:22 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#24 Ekadashi Giri

Ekadashi Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:10:29 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#22 Tila Giri

Tila Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:09:22 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#21 Meena Giri

Meena Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:08:32 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#20 Mahant Ishwar Giri

Mahant Ishwar Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:07:50 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#19 Mahan Man Giri

Mahan Man Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:05:33 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#16 Mahant Yem Giri

Mahant Yem Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:04:37 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#14 Jaganani Giri

Jaganani Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:02:20 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#13 Mahant Maina Giri

Mahant Maina Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:01:43 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#09 Mahant Jamuna Puri

Mahant Jamuna Puri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:58:51 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#07 Devi Giri

Devi Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:57:23 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#06 Radha Giri

Radha Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:56:43 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#05 Mahant Jamuna Puri

Mahant Jamuna Puri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:54:39 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#03 Durga Giri

Durga Giri — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:51:13 +0000

multimedia archives : photo galleries : behind the scenes : 2007

िनकोल — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:17:34 +0000

2010 : disposable cam#15 Mahant Durga Giri

Mahant Durga Giri — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:17:18 +0000

multimedia archives : photo galleries : print giveaways 2007

िनकोल — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:18:53 +0000

multimedia archives : photo galleries : behind the scenes : 2010

िनकोल — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:05:40 +0000

Take a look at Ascetics with Cameras in action, from print giveaways & camera trainings, to shooting video project… both during Kumbh Mela and beyond throughout 2010.

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

िनकोल — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:26:52 +0000

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 [view more...]

behind the scenes photos from 2010 Kumbh Mela, Haridwar

िनकोल — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:41:31 +0000

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

view more pics here

on flickr

on facebook

official kumbh mela website

िनकोल — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:18:40 +0000

http://www.kumbh2010haridwar.gov.in/

tax deductible donations made easy

िनकोल — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:22:12 +0000

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chase community giving – vote for us!

िनकोल — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:22:39 +0000

Projectile Arts is the fiscal sponsor for the Ascetics with Cameras project! please support us by voting and spreading the word! It can be incredibly rewarding when your vote has a local impact. Chase is giving away $5 million to various charities and needs you to help pick which ones. Simply vote for your [view more...]

support the program!

िनकोल — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:46:50 +0000

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 [view more...]

updated version of promotional video…

िनकोल — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:35:20 +0000

This is a work in progress…

but here’s the latest cut:

Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2010 dates!!! official

िनकोल — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:03:32 +0000

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 [view more...]

hindi practice… proposal drafts…

िनकोल — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:23:57 +0000

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 [view more...]

kumbh dates emailed…

िनकोल — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:03:17 +0000

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 [view more...]

2007 photo gallery up and running

िनकोल — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:06:52 +0000

Check out a completely unedited look at the 2007 Ardha Kumbh Mela in Prayag (Allahabad) and Shivaratri in Varanasi, through the eyes of 21 different photographers, all various level members of Juna Akhara.

view photo gallery

interns wanted!

िनकोल — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:26:39 +0000

Currently seeking unpaid-interns to work either virtually or in NYC! Help build this site, and plan for 2010!

Ideal candidates (have some or all of these skills):

willing to work for free or college credit has own laptop (though could work around this if willing to travel to the LES) proficient in MS word/excell [view more...]

planing ahead for 2010, Haridwar

िनकोल — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:26:36 +0000

The next Kumbh Mela will be between January and April, 2010 in Haridwar.

I will be resuming my Ascetics with Cameras program during this time. Anyone interested in joining me, are welcome. Anyone able to help support this project will be greatly honored (in [view more...]

site launch…

िनकोल — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:14:55 +0000

OM NAMO NARAYAN!!!

With many many years of procrastination, various site designs and drafts, I am finally getting it together!

Welcome to the new site for my multi-year documentary project – turned – media education program, Ascetics with Cameras!

In this site you will find:

background information about the Kumbh Mela and Juna [view more...]

2007 : disposable camera user : Prem Puri

Prem Puri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:46:21 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#26 : Uma Giri

Shri Mahant Uma Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:11:30 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#22 : Sodh Giri

Sodh Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:06:08 +0000

2007 : disposable camera user : Kotwal Shyama Puri

Kotwal Shyama Puri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:52:21 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#6 : Shon Giri

Shon Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:47:18 +0000

2007 : digital camera user : Shri Mahant Prabhat Giri

Shri Mahant Prabhat Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:40:02 +0000

2007 : 35mm camera user : Shiv Giri

Shiv Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:57:03 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#43 : Sarala Giri

SaralaGiri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:31:36 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#16 : Sabitri Giri

Sabitri Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:22:02 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#3 : Mahant Rani Giri

Mahant Rani Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:49:08 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#9 : Ramesh Giri

Ramesh Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:27:21 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#44 : Shri Mahant Jana Giri

Shri Mahant Jana Giri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:51:31 +0000

2007 : 35mm camera user : Jashoda Puri

Shri Mahant Jashoda Puri — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:12:04 +0000

2007 : 35mm camera user : Shri Mahant MeeraPuri (Lucknow wali)

Shri Mahant Meera Puri — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:20:03 +0000

2007 : 35mm camera user : Shri Mahant Hira Giri

Shri Mahant Hira Giri — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:43:49 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#14 Hari Giri

Hari Giri — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:32:19 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#41 : Mahant Lakhan Giri

Mahant Lakhan Giri — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:55:54 +0000

2007 : disposable camera user: Govinda Giri

Govinda Giri — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:55:35 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#45 Ganga Giri

Ganga Giri - Nepal — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:49:54 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#13 Durga Giri

Durga Giri - Rajastan — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:19:53 +0000

2007 : disposable camera user : Devi Puri

Devi Puri — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:50:02 +0000

2007 : disposable cam#4 : Karan Giri

Karan Giri — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:18:36 +0000

2004 : digital camera user : Matsayendra Giri

Matsayendra Giri — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:16:22 +0000