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00:00In Uttar Pradesh's Farkhawad district, the festival of Ram Nagariya has begun.
00:04Devotees, devotees and the general public are arriving here.
00:09People are worshipping and reciting the Maha Ganga.
00:13The daily routine of Kalp Maasis is very difficult.
00:16They wake up in the morning and worship the Maha Ganga.
00:19After that they start their daily routine.
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02:24What is your name, ma'am?
02:26My name is Shashiwala.
02:28Shashiwala ji, where have you come from?
02:30I have come from Ujjara.
02:32How is your daily routine? How do you do Kalabas?
02:34It is very good.
02:36Kalabas is very good.
02:38What do you do in your daily routine?
02:40Nothing much.
02:42I wake up at 4 am
02:44and at 4 am I do Bhajan, Kirtan, Ram
02:46and meditate.
02:48Then I get up and brush my teeth
02:50and go to sleep.
02:52Then I take my clothes and go for a bath.
02:54After bathing, I do Aarti.
02:56After doing Aarti and Pooja,
02:58I offer Prasad.
03:00Then I sing a few Bhajans.
03:02Then I come back.
03:04If it is too cold,
03:06I light a fire and warm my hands.
03:08After that,
03:10I go on my routine.
03:12I make tea for girls,
03:14old people and everyone.
03:16It feels very good.
03:18If it rains,
03:20it doesn't matter.
03:22Everyone forgets about Ram
03:24and Ganga Maiya.
03:26It feels very good.
03:28I don't feel like going back.
03:30It feels very good.
03:32After a while,
03:34around 10-11 pm,
03:36I make food.
03:38I feed the elderly
03:40and eat for myself.
03:42I rest for a while
03:44and then I do Mangal.
03:46It feels very good.
03:48It feels very good.
03:50It doesn't feel cold
03:52in Baru Reti.
03:54I make Roti
03:56and put Paneer on it.
03:58It feels very good.
04:00I don't feel like going back.
04:02Do you go for Aarti in the evening?
04:04Yes, I do.
04:06In the evening,
04:08I do Bhajans.
04:10I come back and sit for Roti.
04:12If someone wants to eat,
04:14I cook for them.
04:16We do Bhajans
04:18in both the parks.
04:20We do Upas.
04:22If someone else does Upas,
04:24we do that too.
04:26It feels very good here.
04:28You live here for a month.
04:30What do you bring
04:32from home
04:34to eat here?
04:36What is your food?
04:38Rice flour,
04:40potatoes,
04:42spices,
04:44onions, garlic.
04:46I don't eat onions and garlic.
04:48Does everyone live here?
04:50Yes.
04:52What do you do?
04:54How long have you been coming here?
04:56It's been 3-4 years.
04:58Will you sing
05:00and tell us
05:02what you do here?
05:04You must be singing Bhajans too.
05:06Will you sing and tell us?
05:14You must be singing Bhajans.
05:24You must be going
05:26to that place.
05:34You must be singing
05:36those Bhajans.
05:38You must be singing those Bhajans.
06:08You must be singing those Bhajans.
06:10You must be singing those Bhajans.
06:12Tell us
06:14that there is a Mahakum in Prayagraj.
06:16And there is a Mini Kum here.
06:18What would you like to say?
06:20Would you like to say something?
06:22Nothing.
06:24Everyone goes there.
06:26I believe in my faith.
06:28I believe in my faith.
06:30I believe in my faith.
06:32This is Ganga.
06:34That is Ganga.
06:36This is Ganga.
06:38Tell us, it's cold here.
06:40The air is cold.
06:42Water falls.
06:44How do you
06:46worship here?
06:48There is nothing.
06:50There is nothing.
06:52You have been here for a month.
06:54You have been here for a month.
06:56Don't you miss anyone?
06:58No.
07:00I don't miss anyone.
07:02I don't miss anyone.
07:04I don't have any pain.
07:06I am comfortable here.
07:08I am comfortable here.
07:10I feel very good.
07:12I don't remember anything at home
07:14I don't remember anything at home
07:16I feel good here.
07:18The pain ends the next day.
07:20I feel good here.
07:22My mother-in-law used to give me a lot of pain.
07:24My mother-in-law used to give me a lot of pain.
07:26after that I stopped getting it.
07:28It took 8 days to stop the pain.
07:30It took 8 days to stop the pain.
07:32I used to come here when I was 7 days old.
07:34You don't miss your family?
07:36I don't miss them.
07:38I don't miss anyone.
07:40I miss my mother.
07:42I don't miss anyone.
07:44I miss God.
07:46I miss my mother.
07:48What facilities do you get here?
07:50What facilities do you get here?
07:52We get everything.
07:54The police comes here.
07:56They look after us.
07:58We get everything.
08:00We get everything.
08:02If you don't have clothes,
08:04we get everything.
08:06We get medicines.
08:08We get electricity.
08:10We get everything.
08:12We get water.
08:14Do you know how many people are doing kalpa baas?
08:16There are many rowdies.
08:18There are thousands of people.
08:20There are more than thousands.
08:22There are more than thousands.
08:24Some old women told me that
08:26some old women told me that
08:28they are doing kalpa baas and
08:30worshipping our mother Ganga.
08:32They are doing kalpa baas and
08:34worshipping our mother Ganga.
08:36They start their work as soon as
08:38they take a bath,
08:40and so on.
08:42Alok Dubey, ETB Bharat.
08:44Alok Dubey, ETB Bharat.