ALAK NIRANJAN-DRVP

THE BOOK CONTAINS SOME OF THE GLIMPSES OF KUMBHA MELA HELD IN PRAYAGRAJ IN 2019. THE KUMBHA MELA, WHICH WITNESSED THE CONGREGATION OF SAINTS FROM VARIOUS BRANCHES AND MILLIONS OF DEVOTEES TAKING HOLY DIP IN THE CONFLUENCE OF RIVERS-GANGA, YAMUNA AND MYTHICAL SARASWATHI. THE BOOK MAKES AN ,EFFORT TO GLANCE AT THE HAPPENINGS DURING MELA. PEEPING THROUGH MELA VARIOUS COMMON ASPECTS ARE ALSO DEPICTED THROUGH THE LENS.

VARANASI IS AN ANCIENT CITY WHICH WAS RAZED TO THE GROUND MANY TIMES BY THE INVADERS BUT WAS REBUILT AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE CITY HAS SIGNIFICANCE RIGHT FROM THE PERIOD OF HINDU MYTHOLOGY, AND IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER GANGA. IT HAS NUMEROUS GHATS WHICH ARE THE IMPORTANT PILGRIMAGE CENTRES FOR THE HINDUS. THIS BOOK EVEN CONTAINS THE GLIMPSES OF THE RIVER GANGA AND
FEW OF ITS GHATS.

BOTH PRAYAGRAJ AND VARANASI ARE IN THE STATE OF UTTARPRADESH IN INDIA.

HARIDWAR IS TERMED AS 'GATEWAY TO GOD'S ABODE' AS IT IS THE POINT OF ENTRY TO CHAR DHAM, THE MAIN FOUR HINDU PILGRIMAGE CENTRES. GANGA AARTI AT HAR-KI-PAURI IN HARIDWAR IS PERFORMED ON THE BANK OF RIVER GANGA TO SEEK THE BLESSINGS OF GODDESS GANGA AND THIS RELIGIOUS PRAYER IS PORTRAYED THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS.

BADARINATH IS A REVERED HINDU SHRINE DEDICATED TO LORD VISHNU AND IS LOCATED IN GARHWAL HILL TRACKS ALONG THE BANKS OF RIVER ALAKNANDA. THE HILL TRACKS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 10,279 FT ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL. THIS BOOK HAS GLIMPSES OF SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, TEMPLE, MANA VILLAGE AND OTHERS.

BOTH HARIDWAR AND BADARINATH ARE IN THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND IN INDIA.