KUMBH MELA

Definitely the greatest act of faith in the world!! 100 million people in the month where Jupiter meets the constellation of Aquarius. Humanity connected by an incredible force that distinguishes the thinking and the depth of the Hindu spirit. Sadhus, fake fakirs and fake sadhus, ordinary men and women of every ethnicity, every social level, deformed patients of all kinds, penitents who inflict punishment to themselves, they all converge with every means to the special location that was intended to collect the drips from the hair of Shiva bathed in the Mother Ganga. An impressive “clou” of the world's largest concentration of people and at the same time the largest concentration of the irrational and transcendent that may exist. The camera itself cannot be sterile but immerses the viewer in the orgy of colors, faces, in the impartial oddity of transcendence that everyone here can have, having the liberty of claiming as their own. An individual celebration of the absolute.

Group. Kumbh Mela, Hardwar, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoTrasparencies on Har ki Pairi from press tower. Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoSadhu with seven meters long hairs. Haridwar, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoOld woman bathing. Nashik, India 1991 - © Carlo SaccoSri Amarbarthri from Guruchali (Himachal Pradesh). Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoHonouring Hanuman. Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoNear the fire at night. Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoHar ki Pairi. Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoGanga crossing -  Kumbh Mela, Hardwar, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoBathing seen from press tower. Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoMeditation of Sadhus. Kumbh Mela, Nashik, India 1991 - © Carlo SaccoSadhu dressed with leopard skin. Kumbh Mela, Hardwar, India 1998 - © Carlo Sacco Sadhu bathing. Kumbh Mela, Nashik 1991 - © Carlo SaccoPilgrims on Har ki pairi - Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoHoly encounters - Kumbh Mela - Nashik 1991 - © Carlo SaccoSadhu. Kumbh Mela Nashik 1991 - © Carlo SaccoSadhu.Kumbh Mela, Nashik 1991 - © Carlo SaccoSadhu's portrait. Kumbh Mela, Nashik 1991 - © Carlo SaccoA Sadhu during his performance. Kumbh Mela, Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoActs of faith - Kumbh Mela, Hardwar 1998 - © Carlo SaccoBathing Time. Har ki Pairi, Hardwar, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoEarly morning encounters. Kumbh Mela, Nashik, India 1991 - © Carlo SaccoHar ki Pairi from Press Tower during Kumbh Mela. Hardwar, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoKumbh Mela. Nashik, India 1991 - © Carlo SaccoYoung sadhu. Nashik, India 1991 - © Carlo Sacco
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