'Tryambakeshwar Kumbh' alongside the 'Naga-Sadhus' - An enchanting personal journey
The instant-messaging group name promptly changed to “Kumbh-Karn”, at a near flight miss due to sleep of gigantic proportions by a traveling companion. There were 4 - 3 Mysore lads & a Bangalore yoga teacher .... ' I ' The story begins.... Braving a minor injury... red 'dupata' wrapped around the neck as support, we make our way out of Mumbai Airport in search for a cab to take us to Nasik... to the “Kumbh Mela” Myth has it, as the 'Deva' & 'Asuras' were churning the ocean of milk for 'amrit' (divine ambrosia) a heavenly fight ensued for it's possession. Out of the 'kumbh' (pot) 4 drops landed at four locations – at Allahabad, in the 'Triveni' (confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna & mythical Saraswati), at Haridwar in the Ganga, at Ujjain in the river Shipra & at Nasik in the 'Godavari'; sanctifying these locations. To attend a Kumbh, therefore, is to celebrate good's triumph over...