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Kumbh Mela and the Sadhus : The Quest for Immortality

Author :  Badri Narain (ed al.)

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Country
Nepal
Publisher
Pilgrims Publishing, Varanasi, Kathmandu
ISBN 9788177698053
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2010
Bib. Info 143p. ; 23cm.
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During the divine alignment of the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter, the Nectar of Immortality flows down from heaven at specific holy places. Since prehistoric times men and women from all over the world, have journeyed to convene at four sacred locations in the quest for immortality. Maha Kumbh Mela Prayag 2001 attracted a record gathering of over 60 million pilgrims and this figure was surpassed and reached 80 million in Kumbh Mela Haridwar 2010. Exotically transporting eyewitness accounts and photographs! Go inside the private tents of the most revered Sadhus: Nagas (naked, ash-smeared ascetics), known for their strange practices and martial power. This book reveals their incredible initiation ceremonies, wild linga feats, royal processions, bathing, temple worship and funeral rites of the most unusual Sadhus.

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