PRAYAGRAJ: Be it spiritual matters or affairs of the world, no journey is complete without food and cooks are an indispensable part of any culture or event.
Therefore, it comes as no surprise that majority of the akharas, religious and spiritual camps travelling from one state to another to attend big religious congregations also travel with a team of professional chefs and trained staff to prepare their meals.
At a time when over 400 religious and spiritual groups and organsiations are camping at the ongoing Magh Mela, majority of the organisations have a group of 12 to 15 trained staff including chief chef who decide and prepare meals for the staff of the camp as well as devotees taking prasad (feast).
PRAYAGRAJ: The lives and ways of living of sadhus and seers are an enigma for people, and the several feet long dreadlocks dangling from their shoulders and their queer arrangements draw curious gazes and are a big attraction.
The strange hairdos of matted hair and dreadlocks of sadhus camping at Akhil Bharatiya Shri Panch Terah Bhai Tyagi Akhara at Khak Chowk at the ongoing Magh Mela are fascinating visitors, including foreigners, who are keen to know the secrets of their unique hairstyles.
Around 150 ash-smeared, semi-clad sadhus, busy in hatha yoga and various other religious and spiritual activities at Tapasvi Nagar face a barrage of questions from visitors and answer them without fuss.