Kankrej Cows - Big Horn Oxes - Hare Krishna Oxcart (India)

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Kankrej Cows - Big Horn Oxes - Hare Krishna Oxcart (India)

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Those Indian cattle with distinctively large horns are the Kankrej breed. For more info, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kankrej_cattle_and_Guzerat_cattle.

Rajasthan oxes with big horns pulling the Hare Krishna cart. On the ox cart, you can see a realistic statue of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

The white guy driving the cart is an Austrian Hare Krishna guru.

Photo taken at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

For more photos and info about the Kumbh Mela festival, read the album description.

Date & GPS location
Photo taken on January 27, 2013
Kali Marg, Kumbh Mela Area I, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211005, India
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