kumbh 2015 - The chaos and arrange

One of the most impressive out of the usual tantriks I got to witness in kumbh 2015, Nasik. I got a glimpse of him in kumbh 2012 as well, but was not able to photograph him. In this kumbh I was on search for him and got a chance to click him as well. He is Tantrik Dr. Bindu. Yes, he has a doctor prefix.

 The personality and the style with which he carries himself are amazing. You cannot ignore his presence when he walks past you. His silver axe with a huge blade is another allure. He is known as shani maharaj and maha tantrik as well. The post is not an attempt to promote him, or tantra vidya or any related. It is about not so usual experience. An amazing snap shot of activity. Here is an attempt to narrate one of the moments that can only be lived and can be neither photographed nor written.

On the day of shahi snan, after the shahi snan all the mahatmas marched to Trimbakeshwar temple for worship. Place overcrowded, tussle between police and public, pushes and hits all around. Devotees wanted to offer their prayers in the trimbakeshwer temple along with their human god or mahatma. With each mahatma there were 100 devotees and the crowd comprised of hundreds of such mahatmas. Each devotee was struggling for entrance in the temple compound with their own brothers and sisters or more aptly their own godman’s fellows so that they can get a once in a lifetime chance to worship with their godman.  The scene is very similar to as if twenty people are trying to enter the escalator having capacity of five.

This was an instant of chaos at trimbakeshwar. The police was getting inhuman while managing berserk crowd. Cops were literally pushing away the public with hard hands and people were getting hurt.

Now, here comes the savior. Yes, no other than Tantrik Bindu emerges from somewhere. His axe held high in right hand and gaining momentum by moving backward from the bodyline. His left hand was ahead of his body forming a protective shield. Shouted on top of his voice rushing towards police while axe making some fiery rounds in air, "tore you apart in pieces, if people won't worship, what will they do, don't touch them". He roared like a lion, and sent across a wave of shiver.

 A moment was paused and everybody was still for an instant. Seeing the anger in his body, voice and eyes, everything came to standstill. Suddenly, all chaos ended. Police and the public started sorting out. The police stepped aside and the crowd formed peaceful queue by themselves. It was like when a child caught red-handed auto corrects by looking at your expressions. I know all this seems like to be scene of a typical south Indian movie. However, I witnessed it. This was one of the kumbh moments, which can only be lived. The moment in total was very spontaneous.

I do not know if this person has some magical powers or is master of some black magic, but his impulsive reaction was definitely magical and I witnessed the magic.