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MAHA KUMBH MELA - INDIA View gallery (19 photos)

Sadhu and chillum sent on October 25, 2013 (16:04) by Maxfear. 8 comments, 2255 views.

, 1/40 f/4.0, ISO 1600, hand held.

A Naga Sadhu smoking chillum during the Kumbh Mela. The Indian Sadhu's (holy men) have been smoking chillums for thousands of years, and the spiritual meaning of this is comparable to the drinking of red wine by Catholics. At their rituals, the chillum is prepared with a combination of charas (herbs) and tobacco. Through a Hindu ceremony, the Hindu god Shiva was called upon, the Sadhus believing that Shiva would enter into the smoker. In the ceremony, a wet Safi cloth is used, a stone inserted, and the mixture placed into the chillum. The chillum's mouth piece is cupped in two hands and forms a closed prism, as the smoker inhales the smoke without the lips touching the pipe. He puffs violently to light the chillum sufficiently to be passed to the person to the right. In the ceremony of the Jamaican Rastas, the chillum used is made of a cow's horn and wood.

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Soms	sent on October 25, 2013 (16:40) \| This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original) must have been a very very interesting :-)

Gianni Aggravi

sent on October 25, 2013 (17:18) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

extraordinary, congratulations.

Maxfear

sent on October 25, 2013 (17:19) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

thank you!
wonderful experience, especially at night

Lully

sent on October 25, 2013 (17:30) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Congratulations to the entire report. A photo more beautiful and interesting than the other. This particularly strong in the representation, and very curious, but to look good, seem to be more curious men on the ground and especially the old man on the left appears to be looking the nakedness of the subject in the foreground and the others are not less. Yet it should be used!
Well done and congratulations again.
Hello hello
Lully :-)

Gabriele Allegretti

sent on October 25, 2013 (20:34) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Really very, very good, congratulations.

Hello Gabriel.

Maxfear

sent on October 26, 2013 (19:26) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

thank you!

Zman	sent on November 09, 2013 (5:53) My congratulations for the whole series of shots . Hello Zman

Beppecobra

sent on September 24, 2014 (11:41) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

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