Indland

Loka

Einar Falur Ingólfsson

Indland

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It was very difficult for the majority of pilgrims to reach Allahabad. Walking for days with their belongings on their head or shoulders, riding on trains, trucks, bullocks, often on the roofs, sleeping on the ground. In many instances people were going on the only journey of their life. Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India. The most aspicious bathing day, January 24, 2001. The holiest day for a dip at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Jamuna and the mysterious Saraswarti for 144 years. Estimated 30 million pilgrims turned up for the day, the biggest gathering of people because of a single event knows in the history of man. All together estimated 70 million turned up for the six week Mela, or festival. Prestur frá Ahmedabad i Gujarat, ræður sér ekki fyrir gleði í skrúðgöngunni að morgni hins helga baðdags. Hann hoppar og syngur, sadúnum til mikillar gleði. Tveimur dögum síðar átti gríðarlegur jarðskjálfti eftir að leggja heimaborg mannsins að miklu leyti í rúst.

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