Maut Ka Kua

In January, I finally saw “Maut Ka Kua”.

In winters the population of Jammu increases as people from Kashmir and Ladakh move in. A good time for fairs. Seen here ‘Maut ka Kua’ (Well of death), at a fair held in a ground that in early 90s was a ‘ migrant camp’ in Muthi. 

Earlier such fairs were common in Srinagar where performers would come from all over India to perform. Most awaited feat used to be ‘Jump’ in which a man, ablaze, would jump from a great height into a small pool of water [the act was called “‘Naarevoth“].

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