Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been overlaying India’s Kumbh Mela because the Nineteen Nineties. This 12 months the competition, which started on 13 January, ended on Wednesday.
Rather a lot has modified via Mr Banoudha’s decades-long journey of capturing the world’s largest non secular gathering – from crowds getting greater to the artwork of pictures itself.
He spoke to the BBC about his recollections and experiences.
This video was recorded earlier than the lethal crush on the Kumbh Mela on 29 January. Thirty individuals have been killed and 60 injured within the incident, in keeping with official numbers.
Video by Anahita Sachdev, Antriksha Pathania
