Main bathing day, Kumbh Mela, February 2013
Crowds descended on the banks of the Ganges on the most auspicious (for Hindus) main bathing day at the Kumbh Mela gathering in February 2013 just before sunrise. The crowd was estimated to be in many hundreds of thousands and every member of it seemed intent on taking a spiritually healing dip.
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Main bathing day, Kumbh Mela, February 2013
Crowds descended on the banks of the Ganges on the most auspicious (for Hindus) main bathing day at the Kumbh Mela gathering in February 2013 just before sunrise. The crowd was estimated to be in many hundreds of thousands and every member of it seemed intent on taking a spiritually healing dip.
About Artist
Tim Bird
Anglo-Finn, writer and travel photographer, based in Helsinki, Finland. Winner of, and commended in, many photography awards including Travel Photographer of the Year and British Guild of Travel Writers. Winner of Traverse Creator Best Storytelling award 2025. I'm especially interested in telling stories words and images that involve and embrace local communities, but I also enjoy contemplative landscape photography, in Finland where I live and elsewhere. Apart from the Nordic and Baltic regions, India has been my other speciality - festivals, rituals, scenes of daily life.
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