We have arrived in Allahabad after a short flight this morning. We woke at 6 am and caught a flight at 10.
We went to the meeting point of the Ganges and Yamana Rivers and splashed the sacred water on our heads, and gave offerings of flowers, incense, and fine camphor. Sadly the Naga babas and the Juna Akara have left already for Varanasi, where we will be going in a few days if not tomorrow for Shivaratri, which is on the 10th.
The energy is still amazing, though admirably much less intense than during the main bathing dates. It struck us that virtually no westerners are here at all, the majority of people being Indian pilgrims. Many rudrushka mala beads are for sale, along with conches, toys, and anything else you can imagine.
Allahabad is amazing, filled with peddle tricycle rickshaws and packed with traffic.
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