I was a student of class six in a remote village in Odisha A few months before the national flag was hoisted in our school by Headmaster to our chanting of Jana Gana Mana And now came the news that Ga ...

Lakhs of devotees gathered at Har ki Pauri Ghat during the 2021 ... Kumbh mela in twelve years [18]. Lastly, Ujjain and Nashik host a Purna Kumbh mela in twelve years respectively [18]. Saints and ...

The iconic Naga Sadhus ... the most memorable Kumbh in history.” The Maha Kumbh Mela is also a significant economic driver for the region. Local businesses, from small vendors to large hotel ...

Tamannaah Bhatia's highly anticipated movie 'Odela 2', a sequel to the 2021 ... Maha Kumbh Mela. In the teaser announcement poster released by the makers, Tamannaah’s look as a Naga Sadhu ...

Lasting nearly seven weeks, the festival provides thousands of ordinary workers with an income, and is an opportunity for small ... Kumbh Mela. On the way back to the riverbank, Naga sadhus ...

By January 13 afternoon, sadhus begin arriving for the annual pilgrimage; Naga sadhus opted to attend the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj ... Despite several attempts with a small net, the 39-year-old ...

His ash-smeared body glowed in the flickering lights around the small ... Naga Sadhu Darshan Giri’s life. | Krishan Murari | ThePrint Darshan has been associated with the Niranjani Akhara since he ...

MahaKumbh Nagar: As the final Amrit Snan concludes, the vast landscape of the Kumbh Mela begins to transform ... disperse,” says Swami Anant Giri, a sadhu from Juna Akhada.

“I would accompany my grandfather to the congregation of sadhus during Kumbh and he would tell me ... the Pointillist technique (application of small strokes or dots of colour that visually ...

Another historically contentious issue has been the practice of naga sadhus. While nudity was outlawed by the British in 1840 as part of their campaign to impose ‘public decency,’ the sacred nature of ...