Kumbh | the mystic world in tent city
Kumbh Mela, for majority of pilgrims, is to take a bath at Sangam, mark their presence in temples and visit camps to seek blessings of saints who are believed to descend from Himalaya only during Kumbh. A large area of Kumbh mela at Prayagraj (erstwhile Allahabad) is earmarked for camps of various Akhadas, where saints and their followers stay. These camps are the places where pilgrims gathers for discourse and sermon, seek blessings and share alms as well. This is a different and mystic world.
Kumbh Mela, for majority of pilgrims, is to take a bath at Sangam, mark their presence in temples and visit camps to seek blessings of saints who are believed to descend from Himalaya only during Kumbh. A large area of Kumbh mela at Prayagraj (erstwhile Allahabad) is earmarked for camps of various Akhadas, where saints and their followers stay. These camps are the places where pilgrims gathers for discourse and sermon, seek blessings and share alms as well. This is a different and mystic world.
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The Mystic World
A large area of Kumbh Mela is marked as lodging
for akhadas, babas, their followers and pilgrims.
Fencing of bamboo splinters and a line of
tabernacles within it. Some of them closed by the
curtains, and some have babas sitting outside,
the body wrapped in ash, sharing their religious
and spiritual thoughts with followers and
pilgrims. This is a different world, understood by
very few.
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