Nectar of Immortality
Banares is a naga sadhu a follower of Lord Shiva, an ascetic wandering monk who dedicated his life to the pursuit of liberation. Together with hundred thousands of his brothers and sisters in faith he set out from the high mountains of the Himalayas to take part in this holiest of Hindu pilgrimages of faith to the Maha Kumbh Mela to bath in the nectar of immortality on the most auspicious day.