It's an old saying that India is the land of snake charmers, but even before that it's said that it's the land of golden sunrise and sunsets too…
It's almost like a movie story, you get hints of your next travel destination from your recent past travels.
Ohh yes, it happened.
It was my last day at Badrinath and an old sadhu said you have completed this journey with full courage even it's extremely cold conditions and I will give you the next task. See you soon in Kumbh mela
(a pitcher festival) at Allahabad.
I was not sure about the trip, because i was out of cash and work. I don't know if i am lucky i got some work and unlucky i got accommodation at Allahabad in kumbh mela for a week.
It was day one at kumbh mela and we reached 4 days before to do some research on Mela ground and with sadhus.
And I was accompanied by my college friends in the same tent. We used to walk daily around 15 to 20 km on foot, sometimes sharing an auto.
We met a lot of Naga sadhus, sidh sadhus, money making sadhus, money rejected sadhus too. Ohh yes money rejected sadhus, unlucky i couldn't take photographs of him but I can still remember face of his. Covered in Ash, red eyes, smile on his face like he was a newly born baby but he is too old to describe.
One day my friend and I left the tent and moved towards Juna Akhada. Please note it's the first time we are in a premises of naked men, with loud and high on chants with Har Har mahadev.
We all gathered our courage and entered a Naga Babas tent. The followers of baba welcomed us Like they KNEW we were going to visit them and were waiting for us. I know it happens normally, everyone was welcomed at Baba's tent, but it was our first time and it's midnight.
Why is it a tragedy is that without telling us he told me my date of birth, not in english format in ancient sanatan dharma format. That shocked me. So we were offered some tea and snacks...my mind was blank and I couldn't think...so.i just shut my mouth like I was dumb I was blank . What to tell or ask them, what ....
And he just said you will enjoy like you have never been, you will see something which you have never seen before. But on one condition be punctual and visit Akhada on time.
I thought it was funny but still we agreed and left with folded hands and walking in cold and dusky weather.
The next day was D day for us, it's a first day of kumbh mela and we slept late around 11pm.
It will sound very funny and very filmy ( in retrospect I know it sounds filmy to me) but an inner voice woke me up the next day, " GET UP IT SAID...IF NOT YOU WILL MISS THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE" that really jerked me awake and I woke everyone else..telling them to either come with me or I leave alone
And unfortunately Everyone woke up and we walked together.
I can't say about my friend, but some thing happened with me and as baba said i had a fucking mind kicked and buried down in earth and water day.
I won't say i was in heaven, i was on earth, my feet was on earth but my heart was dancing with naked men and my soul was naked as they, i was dancing, chanting, singing and i was out of my mind and i felt my soul left for few minutes and enjoying the aroma.
The D day gave me the best of the best sunrise of my present time.
I know it sounds more filmy, if you believe it as filmy just read the text and watch out what i have photographed and if you trust this text and photographs you will know or at least you will connect to pictures.
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