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&lt;p id=&quot;p_1&quot;&gt;The Nashik/Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela is a celebration that is held once every 12 years in Nashik &amp;ndash; it is scheduled for August/September 2015. These photos are of Shahi Peshwai, a traditional parade of the Naga sanyasis and is thought to be the paraphernalia of royalty. You have the honouring of the mahant on a beautiful silver throne and beneath him Naga ascetics walk on foot, using lances. Their naked bodies are grimy with ash. There are lots of camels and horses which also form a part of this particular procession which show the ancient Hindu establishment of Chaturanga Sena, or in other words, the four-limbed army. Niranjani Akhada and Anand Akhada carried out the &quot;Shahi Peshwai&quot; procession in Trimbakeshwar on August 16, 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;kumbh-1_081815062059.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201508/kumbh-1_081815062059.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;kumbh-1_081815062059.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;kumbh-2_081815062150.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201508/kumbh-2_081815062150.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;kumbh-2_081815062150.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;kumbh-3_081815062308.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201508/kumbh-3_081815062308.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;kumbh-3_081815062308.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;kumbh-4_081815062410.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201508/kumbh-4_081815062410.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;kumbh-4_081815062410.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;kumbh-6_081815062503.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201508/kumbh-6_081815062503.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;kumbh-6_081815062503.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;kumbh-7_081815062527.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201508/kumbh-7_081815062527.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;kumbh-7_081815062527.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Photo blog] Why Nashik Kumbh Mela leaves us mystified

Mandar Deodhar captures Shahi Peshwai, a traditional parade of the Naga sanyasis.