KUMBH MELA 2010 – THE SPIRITUAL FESTIVAL

Head On Photo Festival 2011

Claudio Mantovani

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Dates: 17 May 2011 - 10 Jun 2011

Location: Katipo Cafe 101 Bondi Road, Bondi Sydney NSW 2026 Australia

Hours: Mon-Tues 7am-4pm, Wed–Friday 7am-late,Sat-Sun 8am-late

Entry Fee: Free, donations welcome

Kumbh Mela is a massive pilgrimage in which Hindus gather at the Ganges river and it happens four times, in four different Indian cities every twelve years. In 2010 the holy city of Haridwar hosted the Purna Kumbha Mela where approximately 10 million Hindu pilgrims bathed in the Ganges.

The major event of the festival is the big bath day where the nagas, India’s famed naked holy men, lead a procession that ends at the river banks for the ritual bathing.

Religious sects, gurus, vendors and beggars celebrate the largest gathering of people for a religious purpose in the world.

Official Opening Event on Tuesday 24 May, 5pm

This event has concluded

Dates: 17 May 2011 - 10 Jun 2011

Location: Katipo Cafe 101 Bondi Road, Bondi Sydney NSW 2026 Australia

Hours: Mon-Tues 7am-4pm, Wed–Friday 7am-late,Sat-Sun 8am-late

Entry Fee: Free, donations welcome