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Nov 2013 back issue
by Tomer Ifrah
A pilgrim outside his tent. Allahabad, India. January, 2013.
Pilgrims’ improvised tent site under a bridge at the Kumbh Mela compound. Allahabad, India. January, 2013.
A man looking at pilgrims evacuate after a fire broke out in one of the tent compounds. Allahabad. February, 2013.
Indian pilgrim outside his tent residence. Allahabad, India. January, 2013.
Pilgrims walking near one of the tent compounds. Allahabad, India. January, 2013.
A boy walking in one of the roads of the Kumbh mela compound. Allahabad, India. January, 2013.
A boy playing. Allahabad, India. January, 2013.
Kumbh Mela. Allahabad, India. February, 2013.
A view from a bridge to one side of the tent compound that was set up for the pilgrimage. Allahabad, India. February,
2013.
A girl sleeping in her tent, at the improvised tent compound that was set up in one corner of the pilgrimage site.
Allahabad, India. February, 2013.
Pilgrims in their tent. Allahabad, India. February 2013.
A man outside his tent compound. Allahabad, India.
February, 2013.
The Hindu pilgrimage, Kumbh Mela is one of the most ancient traditions of India. Maha Kumbh Mela, considered to be
the largest religious gathering of people in the world, is held every 12 years on the banks of the sangam; the
confluence of the three holy rivers: Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati.
This series of images focuses on the individuals rather than the masses. I photographed only after dark, on the side
roads of the immense compound that was built for the pilgrimage.
February 2013, Allahabad, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
