Photographs of Sacred Bathing

Naga Babas bathe in the Ganges, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad
Reading the Gita, Rishikesh
Gaumukh, source of Ganges
Holy bath at Sonepur
Boatman, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad
Ganges at Dawn, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad
Makar Sankranti, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad
Rajasthani Pilgrim, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad
Bathing and Prayers, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad
Bathing in Mountain River, Nanda Devi Raj Jat, Garwhal Himalayas
Ash Smeared Sadhu, Kumbh Mela, Hardwar
Evening Bathing Ritual, Kumbh Mela, Hardwar
Morning Bathing, Kumbh Mela, Hardwar
Royal Bath, Kumbh Mela, Hardwar
After His Bath, Kumbh Mela, Hardwar
Bathing Ghat, Kumnb Mela, Hardwar
Personal Prayers, Kumbh Mela Allahabad
The Ganges at Hardwar, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad
Boatmen at Sonepur
Megh Singh
Monks, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad

Blog Posts about Sacred Bathing

Meditation In front of Fire

Portraits of the Spiritually Reclusive

Thinking about it now, I don’t think I have ever been refused a photograph by anyone I have sat and drank tea with. In India it is an essential ice breaker; a liquid preamble to any really meaningful social discourse and a chance for your host to get the measure of you.

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Nick Fleming Behind the Lens

Visit to Shaeedi Bhag, Anandpur Sahib
Photographing Nihangs of the Baba Bakala Dal
Resting at Gaumukh, source of the Ganges
Near Jammu
In the mountains near Kedarnath
Photographing while on the Armanath Yatra, Kashmir
Photographing on the bathing ghats at Hardwar during the Kumbh Mela
Photographing as Nihangs leave the mela ground at the end of Hola Mohalla in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab
Travelling with the flower man on Nageen Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir
Photographing In the garden of an Udasin ashram in Khankal near Hardwar during the Kumbh Mela