Sunday, October 28, 2007
WHICH BABY ARE U????????????
| Jan | ---------------JANUARY BABY-------------------- Pretty/handsome. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Sensitive. Down-to-Earth. Stubborn. Repost this in 5 mins and you will meet someone new in 8 days that will perfectly balance your personality. |
| Feb | ----------FEBRUARY BABY -------------------- Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. sexiest out of everyone. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Horny. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions. Repost this in 5 mins and you will talk to someone new and realize that you are a perfect match. |
| Mar | -----------------MARCH BABY -------------------- Attractive personality. sexy. Affectionate Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Great kisser. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Observant and assesses others.If you repost this in the next 5 mins, you will meet your new love in 8 days. |
| Apr | ------------------APRIL BABY ------------------- Suave and compromising. Funny and humorous. Stubborn. Very talkative. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal. Does work well with others. Very confident. Sensitive. Positive Attitude. Thinking generous. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Able to cheer everyone up and/or make them laugh. Able to motivate oneself and others. Understanding. Fun to be around. Outgoing. Hyper. Bubbly personality. Secretive. Boy/girl crazy. Loves sports, music, leisure and travelling. Systematic. hot but has brains. If you repost this in 5 mins, a cutie that's caught your eye will introduce themselves and you will realize that you are very much alike in the next 2 days. |
| May | -----------------MAY BABY ----------------- Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Shy towards opposite sex. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves travelling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. If you repost this in the next 5 minutes, you will become close to someone you do not speak to much in the next 4 days. |
| Jun | ------------JUNE BABY ------------- You've got the best personality and are an absolute pleasure to be around. You love to make new friends and be outgoing. You are a great flirt and more than likely have an a very attractive partner. a wicked hottie. It is also more than likely that you have a massive record collection. You have a great choice in films, and may one day become a famous actor/actress yourself - heck, you've got the looks for it!!! IN the next 6 days you will meet someone that may possibly become one of your closest friends, if you repost this in 5 minutes. |
| Jul | ----------------JULY BABY -------------- Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. spazzy at times. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be with friends . Always broods about the past and the old friends. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover. Repost this in the next 5 mins and your reputation will boost someway in the next 12 days |
| Aug | ------------AUGUST BABY --------------- outgoing personality. takes risks. feeds on attention. no self control. kind hearted. self confident. loud and boisterous. VERY revengeful. easy to get along with and talk to. has an "every thing's peachy" attitude. likes talking and singing. loves music. daydreamer. easily distracted. Hates not being trusted. BIG imagination. loves to be loved. hates studying. in need of "that someone". longs for freedom. rebellious when withheld or restricted. lives by "no pain no gain" caring. always a suspect. playful. mysterious. "charming" or "beautiful" to everyone. stubborn. curious. independent. strong willed. a fighter. repost in 5 mins and you will meet the love of your life sometime next month. |
| Sep | ------------SEPTEMBER BABY --------------- Active and dynamic. Decisive and haste but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Usually you have many friends. Enjoys to make love. Emotional. Stubborn. Hasty. Good memory. Moving, motivates oneself and others. Loves to travel and explore. Sometimes sexy in a way that only their lover can understand. if you do not repost this in the next 5 mins, someone very close to you will become mad at you in the next 8 days. |
| Oct | ---------------OCTOBER BABY ------------------- Loves to chat. Loves those who love them. Loves to takes things at the centre. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Brave and fearless. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care to control emotions. Unpredictable. Extremely smart, but definitely the hottest AND sexiest of them all. repost this in 5 mins or you will not meet the love of your life for 10 years. |
| Nov | ---------------NOVEMBER BABY -------------------- Trustworthy and loyal. Very passionate and dangerous. Wild at times. Knows how to have fun. Sexy and mysterious. Everyone is drawn towards your inner and outer beauty and independent personality. Playful, but secretive. Very emotional and temperamental sometimes. Meets new people easily and very social in a group. Fearless and independent. Can hold their own. Stands out in a crowd. Essentially very smart. Usually, the greatest men are born in this month. If you ever begin a relationship with someone from this month, hold on to them because their one of a kind. repost in 5 mins & you will excel in a major event coming up sometime this month. |
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| ---------------DECEMBER BABY --------------- This straight-up means ur the most good-looking person possible... better than all of these other months! Loyal and generous. Patriotic. Competitive in everything. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Easy to talk to, though hard to understand. Thinks far with vision, yet complicated to know. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Has that someone always on his/her mind. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Abiding. Able to show character. one guy/girl kind of person. Loveable. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. loves music. ] |
Friday, October 19, 2007
Konark Sun Temple
Konark (or Konarak) is a small town in the state of Orissa, India, on the Bay of Bengal, sixty-five kilometres from Bhubaneswar.
Konark is the site of the 13th-century Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), built in black granite by King Narasimhadeva. The temple is one of the most important Brahman sanctuaries, and is a world heritage site. It takes the form of the chariot of Surya, the sun god, and is heavily decorated with stone carving. The temple is now partly in ruins, and a collection of its sculptures is housed in the Sun Temple Museum, which is run by the Archaeological Survey of India. The poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote of Konark: "here the language of stone surpasses the language of man". Konark is also home to an annual dance festival, held every December, devoted to classical Indian dance forms, including the traditional classical dance of Orissa, odissi.
Konark beach is a popular tourist destination, though the waters are deceptively calm. Its main attraction lies in its views of the temple.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
- Shishu Sansaar
- Thoughts
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Thoughts means ideas about anything. These thoughts are formed after a long experience, thinking, period of observation and pondering over that "anything". Although you can also form your own ideas about something, but the world may not listen to them, because of your lack of experience, immature thinking, and a short period of observation and pondering. Sometimes it is not necessary to agree with these thoughts but to disagree with them you must be knowledgeable and experienced enough to contradict them. How to read them: Go to one page and read only one or two thoughts, or a collection of thoughts on one topic. Try to understand them, try to think over them from several aspects; discuss them among your friends and your elders and collect their own ideas about it; read something about it if you can; until you are exhausted and decide its applicability in the life. If it is applicable, practice it and see its effects as how do you feel by practicing it. You cannot know its effects in a short period of time. So go on practicing until you have several experiences to discard it, otherwise there is no harm in practicing it. In the meantime read other thoughts and go through the same process... You may do this on a weekly basis... Some notes are given in red under some thoughts to explain them better. Shishu Sansaar Game No 1: Can you calculate the addition for 1 to 10 consecutive numbers? It is very easy to calculate. You don't know? Go to the Answers Page. Game No 2: One day Raam had five guests in late evening. Everybody had taken his dinner so no food was left. So Raam offered them only Laddoo. Raam called one guest and offered him some Laddoo. He ate some, and left some. Then Raam called the second guest and offered him the leftover Laddoo adding the same number of Laddoo to them. That guest also ate some and left some Laddoo. Then Raam called the third guest. Again Raam added the same number of Laddoo to the leftover Laddoo and offered to the third guest. This guest also ate some and left some Laddoo. Then Raam called fourth guest and did the same as he did with others. He also ate some and left some. Raam again added the same number of Laddoo to the leftover Laddoo and offered to the fifth guest. He ate all the Laddoo and went to sleep. When they all got up in the morning, they found that all ate the same number of Laddoo. Tell us how many Laddoo each guest ate? If you cannot tell check the Answer Page. Game No 3: How can you do it without adding them? Yes you can do it. How? Check for the answer on the Answer Page Game No 4 One day Ram, Shyaam and Sundar went for a picnic. There Raam made Chapaatiyaan. When he finished making Chapaatiyaan, Shyaam and Sundar went to sleep. Raam divided the Chapaatiyaan in three equal parts, 1 remained so he gave it to a dog. He ate his share and kept the other two parts in a pot. He was tired, so he also went to sleep. Now Shyaam woke up, he saw that Ram and Sunder were sleeping, so he distributed the Chapaatiyaan in three equal parts, 1 remained so he gave it to a dog. He ate his share and kept the other two parts in the same pot and went to sleep again. Now Sunder woke up, he saw that Ram and Shyaam were sleeping, so he distributed the Chapaatiyaan in three equal parts, 1 remained so he gave it to a dog. He ate his share and kept the other two parts in the same pot and went to sleep again. In the evening all woke up together, took out the Chapaatiyaan, distributed in three equal parts, 1 remained so gave it to a dog, and ate them all. Now tell: To know the answer of these questions go to Answers Page. Game No 5: Raam had 32 horses. His servant used to tie them such that from every side Raam could count them 12. One day Shyaam came and asked Raam's servant to give him 4 horses for one day, promising him that he will return 8 horses instead of 4 horses. The servant said, "Raam counts his horses 12, from every side, every morning. I do not know how I will arrange them like this, if you have taken 4, and even afterwards when you have returned 8 horses. If you tell me the way, you may take 4 horses." Shyaam said, "No problem" and he told him the way to arrange them in such a way that from every side they could be counted as 12. HOW? Check on the Answers Page.
Answer to Game No 1: Calculate the addition of 1 to 10 numbers? Add the first number and last number, Then multiply it with the half of the last number. For example: addition of first and last number: 1 + 10 = 11 Answer to Game No 2: Laddoo for Guests These questions are solved from the end. The 5th guest ate 16 Laddoo, it means the 4th guest left 8 Laddoo. 1st guest was offered 31 Laddoo, he ate 16, left 15 Answer to Game No 3: Telling the Addition of 5 Lines of 5 Digits Each Without Adding Them Tell your friends that you could tell them the addition of 5 lines of 5 digit numbers without adding them. The condition is that they could write first 3 lines but the last 2 lines you will write. So ask your partner to write a number of 5 digits. Now you draw a horizontal line a bit below (leaving the space for other 4 lines) and write a number thus: Subtract 2 from that number (or from the last 2 digits) and write that number starting with 2. Now ask him to write the other two lines of 5 digit numbers below the first one. Now it is your turn to write the last two lines. Write your first line thus, that the friend's 2nd line and your line add to 99999. In the same way you write your second line too making the addition of friend's 3rd line and yours as 99999. Now the addition of all these 5 lines will have the same addition as you wrote before. Example: Ram's first number 34576 In the same way you can add 7 lines, or 9 lines, or 11 lines. In 7 lines, subtract 3 and keep 3 before the addition. In 9 lines, subtract 4 and keep 4 before the addition. In 11 lines subtract 5, and keep 5 before the addition. Leaving the first line aside, your lines and your friend's line must be of equal number. And your lines must be the complementary lines to his making each line as 99999. Answer to Game No 4 Law: Whatever number of people are involved in the game, multiply that number with the same number, same number of times, such as: Now whatever number of people are there, subtract 1 from that number, and subtract the resultant from the above number Now keep dividing it among the number of people: 79 x 1/3 = 26 for Ram, 1 remaining for dog, 52 were kept Raam ate total Chapaatiyaan 26 + 7 = 33 Answer to Game No 5: How to Arrange Horses? There were 32 horses which were standing like this:
Now remained 28 horses, they were arranged like this:
Then they were 36 horses, they were arranged like this:
Now Ram could count 12 horses from every side every time. So he could not know when the horses were taken away and when the horses were returned.
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- Shishu Sansaar
- Gapp
| Gapp Suno Bhai Gapp Many people are good at telling things in a such a big way that even a fool can understand that he or she is telling lies. These talks in India are called "Gapp". An English equivalent word for it is 'gossip'. Although the listeners understand that it is not true, but still they listen to them, enjoy them and laugh at them. Some are of very low level and some of them are very sophisticated. Whosoever tells the "Gapp" is called "Gappee". Here are some "Gapp": Gapp 1: One day two Gappee got together to tell their Gapp. One Gappee said, "My father had such a large barn that it could hold thousands of cattle." Second man said, "This is nothing big. My father had such a tall wooden log that whenever he wanted, he would shake the clouds with it and got rains." The first Gappee was surprised to know that. He asked, "But where would he keep his log?" The second Gappee replied, "In your father's barn." Gapp 2: There was man who was a very big Gappee. Sometimes his Gapp was so unnatural that people had to tell him that he should speak the truth, not the Gapp. He had a friend also. One day the Gappee asked his friend to help him by controlling him to tell the Gapp in limits. The friend agreed, but he asked that how could he help him. The Gappee said, "When you think that I am going out of limits, just warn me by pricking me in my thigh so that nobody can notice it. And I will understand your hint." The friend said "Good" and they both went to a group of people to talk. The group was talking on many topics. People were telling their adventurous stories. Now this Gappee couldn't resist. He started telling his own adventure. "Once I went for hunting a lion. I sat on a platform made on the trees, and waited for the lion to appear. Lion was so much scared of me that he did not appear until midnight. When he appeared, I saw that the lion was very big." People knew that he was a very big Gappee, so one man asked to tease him, "How long it was?" Gappee said, "Oh! it must have been at least 50 yards long." The man again asked, "With tail or without tail?" This time Gappee replied, "I never measure the tail. It was 50 yards long without tail." Now his friend thought, it was too much, and it was the time to warn him, so he secretly pricked him in his thigh. The Gappee understood the warning, so he said, "Maybe I said a bit high about it. It was 50 yards long with its tail." The friend thought this was still more than natural, so he pricked again in his thigh. The Gappee understood that he was still out of limits, so he said, "Maybe it was not 50 yards long, but surely it was 30 yards long." His friend got restless, and thinking that he was still out of his limits, pricked again in his thigh. The Guppee reduced the lion's length to 20 yards. Again his friend warned him. This time the Gappee got irritated and said to his friend, "Look! I have reduced its length a lot, now I cannot reduce it any more. After all it is a lion, not a rat." Gapp 3: During an International conference, three scientists, an American, a German, and an Indian were talking and bragging about the technological advances their respective countries have achieved in the field of medicine. The American said, - "In Washington, there was a baby boy born without arms so we attached artificial arms on him. And now that he's grown up and he has become a professional boxer and a gold medallist in the Olympics!" The German replied, - "That's nothing compared to what we have achieved. Back in Berlin, there was a baby girl born without legs so we attached a pair of artificial legs on her. Now she is a three-time Olympics marathon gold medallist!" The Indian interjected, - "Is that all you have achieved, just gold medallists? In Patna, Bihar, we had a baby boy born without a HEAD! We attached a COCONUT and called him Laloo and now that he has grown up, he is the Chief Minister of Bihar!"
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Life Ki RingTone
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*Phir dekho life ki ringtone kitni POLYPHONIC ho jayegi*.
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 | Ab tak to jo bhi dost mile, bewafa mile Dil ki ye aarzoo thi koyi dilruba mile Dekhen hamein naseeb se ab, apne kya mile Ab tak to jo bhi dost mile, bewafa mile Hamne udaasiyon mein guzaari hai zindagi -2 Lagta hai dar fareb bewafa se kabhi kabhi -2 Aisa na ho ke zakhm koyi phir naya mile -2 Ab tak to jo bhi dost mile bewafa mile Dil ki ye aarzoo thi koyi dilruba mile Kal tum juda huwe the jaha saath chhod kar Hum aaj tak khade hain ussi dil ke mod par Hum ko is intazaar ka kuchh to silaah mile Dil ki ye aarzoo thi koyi dilruba mile Ab tak to jo bhi dost mile, bewafa mile Dekhen hamein naseeb se ab, apne kya mile Ab tak to jo bhi dost mile, bewafa mile Dil Ke Armaan Aansuon Mein Beh Gaye Dil Ke Armaan Aansuon Mein Beh Gaye Hum Wafa Karke Bhi Tanha Reh Gaye Zindagi Ek Pyaas Bankar Reh Gayi Pyar Ke Kisse Adhoore Reh Gaye Shayad Unka Aakhri Ho Yeh Sitam Har Sitam Yeh Sochkar Hum Seh Gaye Khudko Bhi Humne Mita Daala Magar Faasle Jo Darmiyaan The Reh Gaye...  Insaan HAR PAL IS DUNIYA ME INSAAN DHUNDTE HAIN HUM JISME INSAANIYET HO AISA SAKHSH NAHI PATE HAIN HUM AAJ EK GARIB KI LAASH PE BAITHI HUYEE MAA KO DEKHA KAFAN KI INTEJAAM ME TADPATE HUYE BAAP KO DEKHA DEKHA HUMNE LOG ATALON SE YE MANJAR DEKH RAHE THE KUCH DABI DABI AAWAJ ME BAATEN KEH RAHE THE PAR KISI NE US MAA KO HIMMAT NA DI KISINE US LAASH KO KAFAN NA DI RAEESON KI MAYYAT ME LOG HAZAR DEKHA HAI KAFAN KI NA POOCH PURA BAZAR DEKHA HAI YE TO EK BAAT THI CHOTI SI BAHUT SI BAAT HUMNE DIN RAAT DEKHA HAI GARIB KI LADKI KO SAREBAZAR DEKHA HAI AMEER KI BEHAYEE KO BHI PARDANASEEN DEKHA HAI DEKHA HAI HUMNE BUDDE MAA BAAP KO ASHRAM BHEJTE HUYE AUR YE BHI DEKHA HAI MAA BAAP KO TUT KAR ROTE HUYE DEKHTI HOON LOGON KO DIL HAATH ME LIYE GHUMTE HUYE LEKIN DEKHA NAHI KABHI KISI KO MUHABBAT SE MILTE HUYE HAR CHEHRE PE CHEHRA HUMNE HAJAAR DEKHA HAI IS DUNIYA ME PAR NA KOI INSAAN DEKHA HAI Maa Maa duniya ki sabse aazim daulat hai Maa musibat me gham qawar mayusi me umeed ki kiran aur kamzori ke waqt quvvat-va- hausla ata karti hai Maa ---mohabbat, rahem hamdardi ka sar chasma hai lafz MAA MAA hamare dilon ki ghairaiyon me hama waqt chipa rahte hai jis tarah khusbo gulab ke phoolon ke dil se nikal kar fiza mein phail jati hai --isi tarah khushi aur gham me MAA ka lafz dil ki gahraiyon se uth kar be -saqta hamare labon pe aa jata hai. MAA ke qadmon tale jannat hai maa ki asal qubsurat is ki mohabbat hai aur meri maa duniya ki qubsurat MAA hai MAA ke bagair ghar ek qabrastaan hai MAA ki god insaan ki pehla school hai MAA zindagi ki tareek rahon me roshni ka minar hai MAA se badhkar koi ustaad nahi MAA ki dua meri kamiyabi ka raz hai MAA ki mohabbat phool se zyada taaza aur qubsurat aur sundar hai.... |
Monday, October 8, 2007
झूर्रियां भगाने के घरेलू उपाय
अर्पिता तालुकदार
बढ्ती उम्र के साथ त्वचा पर पडने वाली झूर्रियों को विलकुल तो नही रोका जा सकता लेकिन त्वचा की देखबाल द्धारा झूर्रियों पडने की रफ्तार को कम किया जा सकता है। त्वचा से झूर्रियों को दूर करके त्वचा को आकर्षक बनाया जा सकता है। निम्न उपचारों द्धारा त्चचा से झूर्रियों को हटाया जा कम किया जा सकता है-
पका पपीता काट कर चेहरे पर मलें १५-२० मिनट बाद चेहरा धो लें। इस प्रयोग को लगातार कुछ दिनो तक करने से त्वचा की झूर्रियों दूर होती है।
विटामिन-ई से झूर्रियां मिटती है। अंकुरित दाम व मूंग मे विटामिन-ई प्रचुर मात्रा मे होता है। सुबह शाम अंकुरित आनाज के सेवन से झूर्रियों से बचाव होता है।
आधा चम्मच दूध की मलाई मे निबूं के रस की ४-५ बूंदे मिला कर रात मे सोते समय झूर्रियों वाली त्वचा पर अच्छी तरह मलें ताकि वह त्चचा मे पूरी तरह रम जाए। आधे घंटे वाद त्चचा को धो लें। लगातार १५-२० दिन तक प्रयोग करने से चेहरे की झूर्रियां दूर होती है।
कच्चे दूध मे रुइ का फाहा भिगोकर चेहरे, गर्दन, हाथों के त्चचा पर ५-१० बार धीरे धीरे मलें । १०-१५ मिनट के बाद त्वचा ठंडे पाने से धो लें। निरंतर इस प्रयोग से चेहरे की झूर्रियों दूर हो कर चेहरा स्निग्ध व कमनीय बन जाता है।
स्नान करने के बाद जैतून के तेल से त्चचा की मालिश करें। उंगलियों के पोरो को तेल मे डुबाकर झूर्रियों के विपरित दिशा मे मालिश करने से त्वचा की झूर्रियों दूर होती है।
गुनगुने पानी मे थोडा सा बेसन को घोल कर पेस्ट सा बना लें, इसे चेहरे के त्चचा पर मल कर त्चचा साफ कर लें । अब एक चम्मच शहद नीचे से उपर की तरफ लगाए। आधे घंटे बाद चेहरे व शहद लगे अन्य भागों को धो दें। यह प्रयोग लगातार ६-७ सप्ताह करते रहने से बढती उम्र के कारण उत्पन्न झूर्रियों दूर होती है।
सफल दांपत्य जीवन के महत्वपूर्ण सूत्र
एक सिक्के के दो पहलूडा० श्रीराम शर्मा आचार्य पति-पत्नी दोनो का जीवन एक सिक्के के दो पहलू है दोनो मे अभिंन्ता है, एक्य है। दाम्पत्य जीवन स्त्री पुरुष की अन्नयता का गठबंधन है । अत: किसी प्रकार का दुराव, छिपाव, दिखावा, बनावटी व्यवहार और परस्पर अविश्वास, एक दुसरे के प्रति घृणा को जन्म देता हैऔर इसी से दाम्पत्य जीवन नष्ट-भ्रष्ट हो जाता है। पति-पत्नी दोनो अपने मानसिक क्षेत्र में बहुत बडा एक कुटुम्ब होते हैं। अपनी मानसिक अवश्यकताओ के आधार पर पति-पत्नी से ही विभिन्न समय से सलाहकार की तरह मंत्री की सी योग्यता भोजन करते समय मां की वात्सलयता, आत्म सेवा के लिए आज्ञापालक नौकर, जीवन पथ मे एक अभिन्न मित्र, गृहणी, रमणी आदि, अकांक्षा रखता है। इसी तरह पत्नी भी पति से जीवन निर्वाह के क्षेत्र मे मां-बाप, दुख-दर्द मे अभिन्न साथी, कल्याण और उन्नति के लिए सदगुरु, कामनाओ की तृप्ति के लिए भरतार, सुरक्षा संरक्षण के लिए भाई आदि, के कर्त्वयपूर्ति की आशा रखती है। जब परस्पर इन मानसिक अवश्यकताओ की पूर्ति नही होती, तो एक दुसरे मे असंतोष की भावना उत्पन हो जाता है । एक दुसरे की भावनाओ का ध्यान रखते हुए, एक दुसरे की योग्यता वृर्द्धि खासकर पुरुषो द्धारा स्त्रियों के ज्ञानवर्धन मे योग देकर परस्पर क्षमाशीलता, उदारता, सहिष्णुता अभिन्ता, एकदुसरे के प्रति मानसिक तृप्ती करते हुए दाम्पत्य जीवन् को सुखी, समृद्ध बनाया जा सकता है। इसके लिए पुरुषों को अधिक प्रयत्न करना अवश्यक है । वे अपने प्रयत्न व व्यवहार से गृहस्थ जीवन की कायापलट कर सकते है। अपने सधार के साथ ही स्त्रियों की शिक्षा-दिक्षा, ज्ञानवर्धन, उन के कल्याण के लिए हार्दिक प्रयत्न करके दाम्पत्य जीवन को सफल बनाया जा सकता है । धैर्य और विवेक के साथ एक दुसरे को समझते हुए अपने स्वभाव, व्यवहार मे परिवर्तन करके ही दाम्पत्य जीवन को सुख-शान्तिपूर्ण बनाया जा सकता है । पति-पत्नी की परस्पर आलोचना दाम्पत्य जीवन के मधुर संबंधो मे खटास पैदा कर देती है। इससे एक दुसरे की आत्मीयता, प्रेम, स्नेहमय आकर्षण समाप्त हो जातें है। कई अपनी स्त्री की बात बात पर आलोचना करते हैं। उनके भोजन बनाने, रहन-सहन, बोलचाल, आदि तक मे नुक्ताचीनी करते हैं इससे स्त्रियो पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पडता है। पति की उपस्थिति उन्हे बोझ सी लगती है और वे उन्हे उपेक्षा तक करने लगती है। स्त्रियां सदेब चाहती है कि उन का पति उनके काम, रहन-सहन, आदि की प्रशंसा करें। वस्तुत: पति के मुँह से निकला हुआ प्रशंसा का एक शब्द पत्नी को वह प्रसन्नता प्रदान करता है जो किसी बाह्य साधन, वस्तु से उपल्बध नही हो सकती। दाम्पत्य जीवन मे जो परस्पर प्रशंसा करते नही थकते, वे सुखी, संतुष्ट व प्रसन्न रहते है। जिन स्त्रियो को पति की कटु आलोचना सुननी पड्ती है, वे सदैव यह चाहती है कि कब वहां से हटे और पति की अनुपस्थिति मे वे अन्य माध्मो से अपने दबे हुए भावो की तृप्ति करती है। सखियों से तरह तरह के गप्पे लडाती है, तरह- तरह के श्रिंगार करके बाज़ार मे निकलती है और यहां तक कि पर-पुरुषो के प्रशंसापात्र बन कर अपने भावों को पृप्त करने का भी प्रयत्न करती है । जो प्रेम व प्रशंसा उन्हे उन के पति से मिलना चाहती थी, वह उन्हे अन्यत्र ढूढने का प्रयत्न करती है । कई स्त्रीयां मानसिक रोगो से ग्रस्त हो जाती है, अथवा क्रोधी, चिडचिडे स्वभाव की झगडालू बन जाती है । इस तरह स्त्रियों द्धारा पति की उपेक्षा, आलोचना करना भी उतना ही विषेला है। पुरुषो को अपने काम से थक कर आने पर घर मे प्रेम व उल्लास का उमडता हुआ समुद्र लहराता मिलना चाहिए, जिससे उन की दिन भर की थकान, क्लांति, परेशानी धुल जाए । उनके साथ यदि पत्नी कटु आलोचना, वयग्य-बान, बच्चे की धर पकड, हाय हल्ले का सामना करना पडे तो उस आदमी का क्या हालत होगी, भुक्तभोगी इस का अंदाज़ा लगा सकते है। पति पत्नी का एक समान संबंध है, जिसमे न कोई छोटा, न कोई बडा है । दामप्त जीवन मे विषबृधि का एक कारण परस्पर और आदर-भावनाओ की कमी भी है। |
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शहद मे ज़रा-सी हलदी मिला कर चेहरे पर लगाएं इससे चेहरे की मैल निकलने से चेहरा साफ व ताज़गी भरा बना रहेगा।
केले को मैश करके उस मे एक चम्मच दूध मिलाएं। इसे चेहरे पर लगा कर ठंडे पानी से छिंटे मारें। ऐसा १०-१५ मिनट करने के पश्चात चेहरे को थपथपा कर सुखा लें झुर्रियां दुर होंगी।
एक चमच सौफ को पानी मे अच्छी तरह उबालें। जब पाने गाढा हो जाए तो उतनी मात्रा मे ही शहद मिला लें इसे चेहरे पर लगाने के १० मिनट बाद चेहरा धो लें। झुर्रियां दुर होकर चेहरे पर चमक आएगी।
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शहद को त्वचा पर मलने से नमी नष्ट नही होती । तरबूजे के गूदे को चेहरे व गर्दन पर मलें । थोडी देर बाद इसे ठंडे पानी से धो लें । नियमित करने से चेहरे के दाग दूर होते हैं
तुलसी के पत्तों का रस निकाल कर उसमे बराबर मात्रा मे नीबूं का रस मिला कर लगाएं । चेहरे की झांईयां दूर होती है ।
चेहरे, गले व बांहों की त्वचा के लिए नीम की पत्ते व गुलाब के पंखुडियां समान मात्रा मे लेकर 4 गुना मात्रा पानी मे भीगो दें । सुबह इस पानी को इतना उबालें कि पानी एक तिहाई रह जाए । अब यदि पानी 100 मी ली हो, तो लाल चंदन का बारीक चूर्ण 10 ग्राम मिला कर घोल बनाएं व फ़्रिज मे रख दें । एक घंटे बाद इस पानी मे रुई डुबो कर चेहरे पर लगाएं । कुछ मिनट बाद रगड कर चेहरे की त्वचा साफ़ कर लें । अगर आंखों के नीचे काले घेरें हों तो सोते समय बादाम रोगन उंगली से आंखों के नीचे लगाएं और 5 मिनट तक उंगली से हल्के हल्के मलें । एक सप्ताह के प्रयोग से ही त्वचा में निखार आ जाता है और आंखों के नीचे के काले घेरें भी खत्म होते हैं ।
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- चाय, काफ़ी, चाकलेट, कोको का दाग:- जब वस्त्र मे इन का दाग लग जाए तो कपडे पर खौलता पानी डालें, न छुटे तो थोडा सा बोरेक्स इस के उपर डालें। इस से भी न छुटे तो हाईड्रोजन पैराओक्साइड के घोल से छुडाएं। इस प्रकार के दाग सुखने के बाद पक्के हो जाते है इसलिए ताजे दाग पर थोडा सा टैलकम पाऊडर लगा कर सोखें फ़िर गर्म पानी से धोएं।
- आइसक्रीम के दाग:-अगर आइसक्रीम के दाग कपडों मे लग जाए तो अमोनिया का घोल डालें ।
- पान का दाग:-ऎसे दाग कपडो मे लग जाए तो कच्चे दूध मे फ़ूलने के लिए छोड दें दाग छूट जाएगा।
- पेंट तथा वार्निश का दाग:- कैरोसीन के तेल मे दाग वाले वस्त्र को डुबो दें, दाग आसानी से छूट जाएगा।
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रसोई मे काम की बातें
- चावलों मे साबुत नमक और राख मिला कर रखने से कीडे नही पड्ते।
- चावलों मे चूने का टुकडा रखने से भी कीडे नही पडते।
- आलू उबालते समय थोडा सा सिरका डाल देने से आलू का रंग सफ़ेद रहता है।
- पकौडे बनाते समय बेसन के साथ खाने का सोडा डाल कर तेल के साथ फ़ैट लें। इस से पकौडे खसता और स्वाधिष्ट बनेगें।
- चावल की खीर बनाते समय शकर के साथ थोडा सा नमक मिलाने से खीर का स्वाद और बढ जाता है।
- गेहूँ का दलिया बनाते समय उस मे थोडा सा तिल मिला दें और पकाने के बाद थोडी सी छोटी इलाइची पिसी हुई डालें। दलिया बहुत स्वादिष्ट हो जाएगा ।
- टमाटर की टोपी पर थोडा सा मोम लगा देने से ट्माटर कई दिनो तक ताजे बने रह्ते हैं।
- चावल की खीर बनाते समय चुटकी भर जावित्री का चूर्ण डालने से खीर बहुत स्वाधिष्ट हो जाता है।
- अगर आप के पास दही जमाने के लिए जामुन नही है तो इधर-उधर न भट्कें। दूध मे एक टुकडा नारियल का डाल दें सुबह आप को दही तैयार मिलेगी।
- अगर आप के दाल सब्जी मे मिर्च ज्यादा पड गयी हो तो घबराइए मत उस मे निंबू निचोड दीजिए मिर्च कम हो जाएगा।
- चने की सब्जी के बघार मे एक चम्म्च दही डाल देने से सब्जी बहुत स्वाधिष्ट हो जाती है
- करेले की कड्वाहट दुर करने के लिए उन्हे चावल की धोवन मे आधे घंटे भिगो दें ।
- अच्छा गाडा दही जमे इस के लिए दही जमाने से पहले उस मे थोडा सा कार्नफ्लोर मिला दें ।
- यदि काँफी बहुत कड्वी हो गई हो तो उस की कड्वाहट कम करने के लिए थोडा सा नमक मिला लें।
- प्याज़ काटने से पहले उन्हे 5 मिनट तक ठंडे पानी मे भिगो कर रख दें, इस से प्याज़ काटते समय आंसू नही निकलेगें ।
- कच्चे आमो को नमक के पानी मे रखने से वह जल्दी खराब नही होते।
- हरे कच्चे ट्माटरो को अखबार मे लपेट कर रखने से वह जल्दी पक जाते हैं।
- दूध मे थोडा सा खाने का सोडा डालकर रखने से गर्मी मे दूध फटता नही है।
- सब्जि जल्दी पक जाए और उस की रंगत भी बनी रहे इस के लिए सब्जी पकाते समय उसमे चुटकी भर चीनी डाल दें।
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- बरसात के दिनों मे बिस्तर, कपडे आदि रखने की पेटी या अल्मारी मे फिनाइल की गोलिय़ां रखने से कीडे मकौडे व बदबू से कपडे बचे रह्ते है।
जेवरों की देखबाल
- सोने दे जेवर पर पिसी हल्दी लगा कर मसलने से वे चमकने लगते हैं।
- मोती व चांदी के जेवर रुई मे लपेट कर रखने से काले नही पडते।
व्यर्थ वस्तुओं का उपयोग
- अगर आप थोडे थोडे बचे लिपस्टिक को फैकने जा रहें है तो रुकिए, उन्हे एक कटोरी मे खरोंच कर निकाल लें और ३-४ मिनट गर्म करने के बाद लिपस्टिक को खाली केसों मे डाल कर रख दें। ऐसा करने से आप का बचा हुआ लिपस्टिक फिर से काम आएगा और एक नया शेड भी आप को मिलेगा।
विविध
- अगर आप के हाथ गर्म तेल या किसी अन्य कारण से सेक लग जाता है तो ग्वारपाठे का पत्ता रगड लें जले पर रामबान ओषधि है। आप भी आजमा कर देखें।
मर्द सुबह मानसिक रुप से कमजोर होते हैं
कह्ते है कि एक अच्छी नींद और सफल दाम्पत्य जीवन किसी भी पुरुष व महिला के लिए अवशयक होता है लेकिन कभी कभी ऎसी बातें सामने आती है जो किसी को भी चौका सकती है। अभी तक यही समझा जाता रहा है कि पति पत्नी एक ही वैड पर शयन करना दोनो की निकटता मे बृद्धि करता है । अब एक नए अनुसंधान से जो बात सामने आयी है वह पुरुषों को काफी चौकाने वाली हो सकती है। इस के अनुसार रात्री को अपने पत्नी के साथ एक ही बिस्तर पर शेयन करने वाले पुरुष के मानसिकता पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड सकता है।
वियाना यूनिवर्सिटी के प्रौफेसर जेर्हाट कोलोसेके के नेतृत्व मे औस्टियन वेज्ञानिको के एक टीम ने अपने अनुसंधान से यह निष्कर्ष निकाला है कि रात्रि से सोते समय पति और पत्नी का सोने के तौर तरीके अलग अलग होतें हैं तथा एक दुसरे के नीदं मे खलल डाल सकतें हैं फोरम ओफ यूरोपियन न्यूरो सांसिस के अनुसार एक ही विस्तर पर सोने वाले दम्पति को एक दुसरे की मानसिक तरंगो से जो व्य्वधान होता है उस से दोनो की नींद मे बाधा पडती है लेकिन पति के मानसिकता पर अधिक प्रभाव पड्ता है जबकि पत्नी के मानसिकता पर अपेक्षाकृत कम प्रभाव पड्ता है। वैसे यही बात प्रेमी प्रेमिकाओ या अविवाहित जोडो पर भी लागू होता है।
अनुसंधान मे पाया गया है कि ऎसी स्थिती मे अगली प्रात: पुरुषो का मास्तिष्क अपेक्षाकृत शिथिलता से काम करता है । जिन दम्प्तियों पर यह अनुसंधान किए गए 10 रात तक बिस्तर पर सोने तथा 10 रातें अलग-अलग बिस्तर पर सोने को कहा गया इस दौरान वैज्ञानिक उनके अध्ययन व डायरियां भी तैयार करते रहे। प्रत्येक सुबह मानसिक स्थिती व मानसिक क्षमता का अध्ययन भी किया जाता था ।
अनुसंधानकर्ताओ ने पाया कि जब वे दम्पति एक ही बिस्तर में सोए तो उन की नींद मे बार बार खलल पडता रहा। ऎसा प्रतीत होता था जैसे दोने की मानसिक तरंगें एक दुसरे की नींद को बाधा पहुँचा रही है जबकि उन्हे अलग-अलग सोने को कहा गया तो उन की नींद सामान्य रही। इस मे रोचक बात यह पायी गयी कि पुरुषो को इस बात की अनुभुति नही थी कि इस तरह एक ही बिस्तर मे सोने से उन की नींद मे बाधा आती है लेकिन महिलाओ को यह बात सपष्ट रुप से अहसास होता है कि अलग सोने से उन्हे अधिक अच्छी नींद आती है।
अनुसंधान मे पाया गया कि नींद पूरी न होने के कारण पुरुषो मे हारमोंस का स्तर असंतुलित सा हो जाता है और वे अगली सुबह मानसिक क्षमता परिक्षण मे कमजोर साबित होतें है।
भोजन की सही विधि जानिए
(Know the right food method)
सौजन्य: आरोग्यनिधि भाग दो
जीवन मे सुख-शान्ति व समृधि प्राप्त करने के लिए स्वस्थ शरीर की नितांत अवश्यकता है क्योकि स्वस्थ शरीर मे ही स्वस्थ मन और विवेकवती कुशाग्र बुद्धि प्राप्त हो सकती है स्वस्थ मनुष्य को स्वस्थ रहने के लिए उचित निद्रा,श्रम, व्यायाम और संतुलित आहार अति अवश्यक है। पाचों इन्द्रियों के विष्य के सेवन में की गई गलतियों के कारण ही मनुष्य रोगी होता है। इस मे भोजन की गलतियों का सब से अधिक महत्व है। अधिकांश लोग भोजन की सही विधि नही जानते। गलत विधि से गलत मात्रा मे अर्थात अवश्यकता से अधिक या बहुत कम भोजन करने से या अहितकर भोजन करने से जठराग्नि मंद पड जाती है, जिससे कब्ज रहने लगता है। तब आँतों मे रुका हुआ मल सड्कर दूषित रस बनाने लगता है। यह दूषित रस ही सारे शरीर मे फैलाकर विविध प्रकार के रोग उत्पन्न करता है। शुद्ध आहार से मन शुद्ध रहता है। साधारणत: सभी व्यक्तियों को आहार के कुछ नियमों को जानना अत्यंत आवश्यक है। जैसे-
बिना भुख के खाना रोगों को आमंत्रित करता है। कोई कितना भी आग्रह करे या आतिथ्यवश खिलाना चाहे पर आप सावधान रहें। सही भुख को पह्चानने वाले मानव बहुत कम होते हैं भूख न लगी हो फिर भी भोजन करने से रोगों की संख्या बढ्ती जाती है।एक बार किया हुआ भोजन जब तक पूरी तरह पच न जाए, खुलकर भुख न लगे दुबारा भोजन नही करना चाहिए । एक बार आहार ग्रहण करने के बाद दूसरी बार आहार ग्रहन करने के बीच कम से कम छ: घंटे का अन्तर रखना चाहिए । भोजन के प्रति रुचि हो तब समझना चाहिए कि भोजन पच गया है, तभी भोजन ग्रहन करना चाहिए।
रात्री के आहार के पाचन में समय़ अधिक लगता है इसलिए रात्री के प्रथम प्रहर में ही भोजन कर लेना चाहिए। शीत ऋतु मे रातें लम्बी कारण सुबह भोजन जल्दी कर लेना चाहिए और ग्रर्मियों मे दिन लम्बे होने के कारण सायंकाल का भोजन जल्दी कर लेना उचित है।
अपनी प्रकति के अनुसार उचित मात्रा मे भोजन करना चाहिए। आहार की मात्रा व्यक्ति की पाचनशक्ति व शारीरिक बल के अनुसार निर्धारित होती है। स्वभाव से हलके पदार्थ जैसे कि चावल, मूँग, दूध अधिक मात्रा मे ग्रहन करना चाहिए परंतु उड्द, चना तथा पिट्टी के पदार्थ स्वभावत: भारी होते है, जिन्हे कम मात्रा मे लेना उपयुक्त रह्ता है।
भोजन स्निग्ध होना चाहिए। गर्म भोजन स्वादिष्ट होता है, पाचनशक्ति को तेज करता है और शीघ्र पच जाता है। ऐसा भोजन अतिरिक्त वायु और कफ को निकाल देता है। ठंडा या सूखा भोजन देर से पचता है। अत्यंत गर्म अन्न बल का हास करता है। स्निग्ध भोजन शरीर को मजबूत बनाता है, उस का बल बढता है और वर्ण मे भी निखार लाता है।
चलते हुए, बोलते हुए अथवा हँसते हुए भोजन नही करना चाहिए।
दूध के झाग बहुत लाभदायक होते है। इसलिए दूध को खूव उलट पुलटकर, बिलोकर, झाग पैदा करके पीऐं। झागों का स्वाद ले कर चूसें। दूध मे जितना ज्यादा झाग होगें, उतना हे वह लाभदायद होगा।
चाय या काफी सुबह खाली पेट कभी न पिऐ, दुशमन को भीन पिलाऐं ।
एक सप्ताह से अधिक पुराना आटे का उपयोग स्वास्थय के लिए लाभदायक नही है ।
स्वादिष्ट अन्न मन को प्रसन्न करता है, बल व उत्साह बढाता है तथा आयुष्य की वृद्धि करता है, जबकि स्वादहीन अन्न इसके विपरित असर करता है।
सुबह सुबह भरपेट भोजन न करके हल्का फुल्का नाश्ता ही करें।
भोजन करते समय चित्त को एकाग्र रख कर सबसे पहले मधुर, बीच मे खट्टे और नमकीन तथा अंत मे तीखे व कडवे पदार्थ खाने चाहिए। अनार आदि फल तथा गन्ना भी पहले लेने चहिए। भोजन के बाद आटे के भारी पदार्थ, नये चावल या चिडवा नही खाना चाहिए।
पहले धी के साथ कठिन पदार्थ, फिर कोमल व्यंजन और अंत मे प्रवाही पदार्थ खाने चाहिए।
माप से अधिक खाने से पेट फूलता है और पेट मे से अबाज आती है। आलस होता है, शरीर भारी होता है। माप से कम खाने से शरीर दुबला होता है और शक्ति का क्षय होता है ।
बिना समय के भोजन करने से शक्ति का क्षय होता है, शरीर अशक्त बनता है। सिर दर्द और अजीर्ण के भिन्न-भिन्न- रोग होती हैं। समय बीत जाने पर भोजन करने से वायु से शरीर कमजोर हो जाती है, जिससे खाया हुआ अन्न शायद ही पचता है। और दुबारा भोजन करने की इच्छा नही होती।
जितनी भूख हो उससे आधा भाग अन्न से, पाव भाग जल से भरना चाहिए और पाव भाग वायु के आने जाने के लिए खाली रखना चाहिए। भोजन से पूर्व पानी पीने से पाचनशक्ति कमजोर होती है, शरीर दुबला होता है। भोजन के बाद तुरंन्त पानी पीने से आलस्य बढ्ता है और भोजन सही नही पचता। बीच मे थोडा सा पानी पीना हीतकर है। भोजन के बाद थोडा सा छाछ पीना आरोग्यदायी है। इससे मनुष्य कभी रोगी नही होता।
प्यासे व्यक्ति को भोजन नही करना चाहिए। प्यासा व्यक्ति भोजन करता है तो उसे आँतों के भिन्न-भिन्न रोग होते है। भूखे व्यक्ति को पानी नही पीना चहिए। अन्न सेवन से ही भूख को शांत करना चाहिए।
भोजन के वाद बैठे रहने वाले के शरीर में आलस्य भर जाता है। बायीं करवट ले कर लेटने से शरीर पुष्ट होता है। सौ कदम चलने वाले के उम्र बढती है और दौड्ने वाले की मृत्यू उसके पिछे ही दौड्ती है।
रात्री को भोजन के तुरन्त बाद शयन न करें, २ घंटे के बाद ही शयन करें।
Savitri going to place herselve in line to get free food : a bit of vegetable, Dal and Chapatis. By coming singing and praying everyday, twice a day she can get the free food and some roupies.
A young mother, Amrita, chatting with her neighbor inside the walls of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Meena and her child on a charpoi where they live, near the Iskcon temple. A lot of Hare Krishna devotees visit town and those poor people wait for some help. I would meet her every morning during my stay there. She and her family live under a tent on the side of the street. Still wondering how they managed wjth the amount of water falling during the Monsoon.
A Rajasthani waiting at one entrance of the old city of Jaisalmer.
A woman sweeping the floor inside the Pokharan's palace. The Maharaja and Maharani still live there, they transformed their palace into an upscale hotel for tourists. You can visit a little museum inside.
Two women coming out a small alley on Jaisalmer's walls. I was there in 1984 for the first time and I feel bad about what Jaisalmer has become. I wish it could be included on the Unesco World Heritage Site, to prevent people to destroy the whole city.
A Nice colored wall in Pushkar..
At the entrance of the Maharaja's palace in Bikaner. A beautiful place.
Some handprints reminding some Sati on the wall.
Neeja, sitting in front of her house in the village of Neemrana. A very quiet little place 2 hours south of Delhi.
Savitri, a widow from West Bengal , coming out of the Sri Bhajan Ashram in Calcutta. She is a witty lady, charming and a nice sense of humor i thought.
This is one of the first images I took of her, then we would meet everyday.
Women drying up saris alongside the sacred Yamuna river in Mathura.
A long line of picturesque, pink ghats - with their steps leading to the water's edge, arched gateways and a temple, of course pink, extending along the right bank of the River Yamuna, emphasise the sacred character of the town of Mathura. The birth place of Lord Krishna, "the best known, best loved and most complex of Lord Vishnu's manifestations". Mathura is today an important place of pilgrimage. An ancient city, Mathura's strategic location at the crossroads of various trade routes - that went westwards to West Asia and the Roman Empire; northwards, via Taxila, Pushkalavati and Purushapur to Central Asia and the Silk Route and eastwards to China - ensured its position as a centre of trade and a meeting point for many different cultures
Some students in a Lingaïte school in Sri sailam. This is shot inside the temple where they were studying.
This place is just so wonderful, not a single tourist in sight...
A family of pilgrims from the state of Andhra Pradesh, visiting Mamallapuram, 60 kms, South of Chennai.
Nestling on the shores of the Bay of Bengal, the town was once a port of the Pallava Dynasty. The Pallavas created many marvellous monuments with Sculptural Panels, Caves, Monolithic Rathas (stone chariots) and Temples. Once a thriving port trading with many distant nations, nowadays Mamallapuram is still a big sculpture centre. You can wake up in the morning to the unceasing sound of the chisels gently carving the stone.Apparently, the tradition of Pallava sculpture has never abandoned the place.
While in Bundi I saw this house , the only think that came to my mind was Mondrian.
A nice quitet town, even though I was there during the monsoon.
The Kalakshetra school of dance in Madras, now known as Chennai. That school is commited to the revival of classicaldance and music.
It offers complete courses under the tutorship of a guru in the Indian tradition of Gurukulam, where education is inseparable from other life experiences.
It's a magical place set apart in a huge park outside of Madras. A very quiet place..
A bunch of kids having a lot of fun in the sacred tank near the temple.
It was pretty hot and were very happy.
A Nagababa coming out of the sacred Ganges after having taken his Holy bath. Shot during the Ardh Kumbh Mela in January 2007.
Some pilgrims from Rajasthan coming to Rishikesh in Uttaranchal to bath in the Holy Ganges.
I liked the almost "movie sequence" here
Rishikesh represents the Gateway to the Himalayas in the splendid Tehri-Garhwal region of Uttaranchal. The spectacle of the Ganges rushing through the Himalayan foothills is an awesome sight. Several temples dot the banks of the river at Rishikesh, which represents the site where Vishnu vanquished the demon Madhu.
A woman drying up her saree in front of her house in the small town of Badami..A lovely place.
Tapo Ratna has been a Jain Sadhvi for the past 9 years. She is 32 years old. She is part of the "Svetambara" order, a very strict one. She is holding the "Rajurharan" in her hand, the symbol of that order. I met them in Mysore and spend a day walking with them on january first from Mysore to Brindavan..
On this image, you can see all her belongings next to her. The red bowl is called a "Patra". They can't use cars, buses, electricity, light..... etc.. They dress in white cloth.
Morning. A woman praying to gods alongside the Sacred Yamuna river, one of the seven sacred riversin the country, during the "Ganga" festival in Agra.
Agra came to its own when Shah Jahan ascended to the throne of the Mughal Empire. He marked the zenith of Mughal architecture, when he built the Taj in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.
The monument is magnificent, and is usually photographed from the front. I thought that changing the perspective and including the people in the river in the morning light (6.50a.m.), might give it a more real, lively look.
This shot was taken inside the Theosophical Society in Chennai. It’s located in the middle ofa huge park full of Banyans, a beautiful tree. One get a sense of peace there
A woman giving water to a poor person in Badami. I must add that before giving him water, she gave him food,
I wasn't ready to click...What else to say.
Baidehi is an old woman, people told me, 100 years old. She is a destitute woman from the state of Bihar.
She came to Varanasi to die. She is living with other older women inside a house next to the cremation ghats. You can see all her belongings next to the clay oven where she cooks her meals.
Next week I'll be shooting a story about Widows in india
Dishes, Playing, Boating, a daily scene alongside the Ganges In Varanasi
Pilgrims from Nepal staying a few days in Varanasi on Assi ghat. They were all coming back from the Ardh Khumbh Mela in Allahabad before heading back, home to Nepal
A woman carrying a basket in the Gulbarga market in Karnataka. A Beautiful look, like a lot of Indian women.
Coming from all over the country, often on foot, to the town of Haridwar, pilgrims and sadhus are overwhelmed by tiredness, and lay on the bare ground of the ghats, while others eat or attend to their children. I find these scenes as attractive as the place itself, better, the place would be inconceivable without its pulsing life, which often includes animals, as well as human beings. I feel myself completely at ease in these surroundings.
Pilgrims from Rajasthan taking their holy bath in the Ganges. Gangotri. Whatever the temperature of the water pilgrims are flocking to Gangotri to bath in the Ganges. This image was shot in May, and the water was at the time very cold.
A tired pilgrim, trying to hide from the scorching sun, is waiting for the opening of the temple in Tiruchendur.
Tiruchendur is one of the six Aarupadai veedu shrines of Murugan. It has been venerated by the Tamil Sangam literature and is one of the most visited shrines in Tamil Nadu. It is located on the seashore in the southern part of the state between Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari.
Selling spices in a Calcutta's street.
A little girl having fun in the train from Madurai to Tanjore..
I waited quite a while to get it.
Pilgrims having their visit recorded in Haridwar.
"Most of the Hindu people of North India visit The Ganga river at Haridwar at important times of their lives, like a marriage, a birth or a death, to bath in the river and cleanse themselves for a new beginning. Now the photo shows the office of a Panda, so each family has a chosen Panda, you can say a family accountant. Whenever anyone from the family goes to Haridwar they go to their family Panda and get their visit registered in his record books along with details like name and number of people visiting, occasion, date etc. So these records are kept across generations with the same auditor's family. The volume of books look intimidating but they have a neat system of maintaining records and classifying them into house, street, locality and city levels".
In a little village of Southern Tamil Nadu.
Village life.
Women drying up Saris after having taken their holy bath in Prayag at the Ardh Kumbh Mela 2007, last january.
May be my favorite.. I use it on my laptop screen.
A scene of the Pushkar ghats in the morning. A woman, a man and a cow. A peaceful scene that can be witnessed every day in this little jewel of a town, all around the sacred lake. And this, despite the fact that the place has become a tourist “Mecca”.
The sacred Pushkar Lake is believed to have been created by the falling of a lotus from the hand of Lord Brahma. It is therefore considered to be as old as creation itself. It is certainly one of the most worshipped spots, and it is believed that one dip in the waters of the lake is equivalent to performing yagnas for several hundred years.
The charming lake amidst the hills has fifty-two bathing ghats, built all around it. The water next to each ghat is supposed to have special powers: the Naga Kund is believed to give fertility, Roop Tirth gives beauty and charm, Kapil Vyapi Kund water helps in curing leprosy and a dip in the Mrikand Muni Kund grants the boon of wisdom.
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Beauty. Kanchipuram. Tamil Nadu
02/06/07
A beautiful girl sitting in front of her house in Kanchipuram. I love the architecture of those houses, where the shape of the beautifully curved porch is almost like a sculpture, inviting !
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Saree. Haridwar. Uttaranchal
A Rajasthani pilgrim drying up a saree on the banks of the Ganges in Haridwar
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Chai. Calcutta. West Bengal
28/05/07
Drinking Chai in front of his shop..
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Juxtaposition. Kolkata. West Bengal
The goddess and the woman next to a shrine on the ghats not far from the Kali temple in Kolkata.
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Dhobi Wallah. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
27/05/07
Washing the daily laundry in Varanasi, early morning.
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Sheperd. Nagarjuna Sagar. Andhra Pradesh
26/05/07
A sheperd and his wife, a Lambadi woman, near Nagarjuna Sagar.
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Smile. Sri Sailam. Andhra Pradesh
One of the reason I love India. Everybody is accepted the way he is. I met this young biy everyday when in Sri Sailam, his daily smile was making my day worth it.
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Water. Mamallapuram. Tamil Nadu
25/05/07
An Indian woman drinking at a fountain in Mamallapuram. Water shouldn't be misused the way we do it in the west with long showers, car cleaning, swimming pools, etc.
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Ganga. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
23/05/07
Taking care of his Grand-Son alongside the Ganges, near Assi Ghat in Varanasi
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Betel. Kanchipuram. Tamil Nadu
20/05/07
A woman in the Sri Ekambaranathar temple in Kanchipuram. This woman, after doing her laundry was waiting for it to dry and spitting betel.. A common scene all over India.
Kanchipuram is one of the 7 sacred cities of India. One of my favorite.. The other cities sacred are Ayodhya, Haridwar, Varanasi, Mathura, Ujjain and Dwarka.
In the Indian sub-continent, the leaves of the betel (piper betle) are used as wrappers for ‘pan’, a roll of raw spices that are chewed slowly as a digestive and stimulant—a chewing gum substitute
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Begging. Puri. Orissa
17/05/07
A woman begging for food during the huge Rath Yatra. A famous festivals in Puri.
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Colors. Omkareshwar. Madhya Pradesh
16/05/07
Pilgrims in marvellous Omkareshwar. Almost an abstract painting.
Just love colors
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Offering. Madurai. Tamil Nadu
10/05/07
A woman doing an offering to a Goddess of fertility inside the beautiful Meenakshi temple in Madurai
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First Bath. Haridwar. Uttaranchal
06/05/07
The first bathing of the baby in the sacred Ganges, in Haridwar, in the State of Uttaranchal. The frightened baby must have been rather cold, as I personally verified. Haridwar has also been called Gangadvar, meaning 'Door of the Ganges' as it is here that the
sacred river Ganges leaves the mountains to flow out upon the Indian plains
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Namaste. Tiruvanamalai. Tamil Nadu
01/05/07
A Pilgrim from Karnataka in front of the Arunachaleswar Shiva temple in Tiruvanamalai
situated at the foot of the Arunachala hill, is one of the largest and oldest temples in all of south India.
"This fire is considered holy and everyone takes a blessing from it by waving ones
hands over it and then rub the hands over own face"
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Saris. Tiruchendur. Tamil Nadu
29/04/07
A pilgrim hiding beneath her drying sari on the beach in Tiruchendur. The last one of a series...
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On the Ghats. Pushkar
21/04/07
Women on the Ghats in beautiful Pushkar. I shot this before this one.The white cow on the left will climb on the platform next to the woman in orange and blue, then a man will come next to them in the water..
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A quiet Life. Badami. Karnataka
02/04/07
A woman working, another enjoying life in Badami. A beautiful place.
The type of composition I particurlarly like to do..
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Waiting to open up. Erode. Tamil Nadu
28/03/07
Two women waiting for the Perumal temple to open up, in Erode, a town in Northern Tamil Nadu, not on the tourist trail. Neither the city nor this specific temple are particularly important, the frieze with the Vishnu symbol is rather simple, if compared to the ones in most of the temples in this State, but this scene is to me of the greatest relevance, because it represents that peaceful feeling I so often had in Tamil Nadu and it has those powerful colours that I like to present flattened on the picture
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holy Bath. Prayag. Uttar Pradesh
26/03/07
An old man being helped out of the River Ganges after having taken his holy bath during the Ardh Kumbh Mela 2007 in Allahabad.
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Students. Tiruparankundram. Tamil Nadu
Brahmins students going to classes in the temple of Tiruparankundram, a little town 20km away from Madurai. Those students study to become priests.
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Puja. Omkareshwar. Madhya Pradesh
24/03/07
14th of August. A group of women performing the puja in the river Narmada, in Omkareshwar. The brown colour of the river, almost overflowing, is due to the Monsoon season. Omkareshwar, located in Madhya Pradesh, on the Mandhata hill on the banks of the Narmada, is one of the 12 revered Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. The river Narmada branches into two and forms the island Mandhata or Shivapuri in its center. The shape of the island resembles that of the visual representation of the Omkara sound, Om. There are two temples there, one to Omkareshwar and one to Amareshwar. The Omkareshwar temple built in the Nagara style is characterized by a lofty shikhara. There are also shrines to Annapurna and Ganesh.
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Eyes. Tso Kar. Jammu and Kashmir
The eyes of a young nomad, shot under a tent during a wedding ceremony near the lake Tso Kar in Ladakh.
EOS 1 n . Fuji Velvia. Canon EF L 28/70mm f:/2,8
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Sleepy Sadhu. Patna. Bihar
A sleepy saddhu at the door of a small temple in Patna. The Sadhu tradition has a long history. It consists of renouncing
worldly ties in pursuit of higher values of life. Ideally a sadhu lives in the society but is detached from its pleasures and pains.
Sadhus typically survive on bhiksha (alms) provided by families, and on natural resources, and they spend much of
their time in meditation.
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Beauty. Kanchipuram. Tamil Nadu
In a Chai shop in Kanchipuram.. The daughter of the owner was almost awake. So cute
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Alone. Puri. Orissa
23/03/07
A picture taken during the festival in Puri, Orissa at the end of June. A Kid on his father's shoulder coming to pray in front of the 3 Chariots. One million people came to visit the gods.
The Jagannath Temple of Puri is one of the four most famous holy pilgrimages of the Hindus. The festival of Rath Yatra celebrated here on the second day of the bright fortnight of Ashada (June-July), is world famous for the enormous crowd of devotees that gathers to witness Lord Jagannath's yearly journey in his huge chariot. Lord Jagannath, with his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, goes to his garden house for five days. At the end of the five days, the three siblings are brought back to the Jagannath temple ( A temple where non hindou can't have access) in a procession called the Ultarath
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A kid and a tank. Amber. Rajasthan
A kid diving into the sacred tank in Amber. The ancient Hindu village extends behind the imposing fortress, and is surprisingly rich in unvisited marvels, like the Krishna temple, all carved in white marble. Beautiful, welcoming and peaceful. The water tank tradition is of the utmost importance in the arid and semi- desert Indian state of Rajasthan, The tank needs to be very deep, so a lot of stairs are geometrically built, a graphic delight.
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Siesta and Fishing. Varanasi...Uttar Pradesh
22/03/07
On the sacred Ganges in Varanasi
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Dhotis. Pushkar. Rajasthan
Men drying up Dhotis after their ritual bath in the sacred lake in Pushkar.
A beautiful little city.
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A beggar. Bubaneshwar. Orissa
21/03/07
A beggar in front of the temple in Bubaneshwar counting her day's earning.
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Ritual. Omkareshwar. Madhya Pradesh
20/03/07
An old man coming out of his ritual bath in the Holy Narmada river.
One of the favorite image in my stream. It was shot during the Monsoon season.
I also like the "funny" touch since it seems that he had a "Vuitton" wallet in his pocket.
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Pilgrims. Sri Sailam. Andhra Pradesh
19/03/07
A group of pilgrims touring the sites around Sri Sailam .
Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8L USM
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Praying. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
17/03/07
A woman praying in a little shrine on the Ghats, alongside the ganges in Varanasi
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Saying Hello to God. Sri Sailam. Andhra Pradesh
I went with a group of indian tourists to visit all the sites around Sri Sailam, a superb place.
This Nandi, Shiva's mount, was on top of a hill. Everybody going there was doing the same thing, I was wondering what it was. A lovely lady asked what they were doing, the answer came : "Saying hello to God".. I liked it..
A nice answer I thought....
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Walking by. Jodhpur. Rajasthan
16/03/07
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The Blue ctiy. Jodhpur. Rajasthan
Jodhpur is know in India as the blue city..
You find other colors too.
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Pilgrims. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
Pilgrims from Nepal staying a few days in varanasi on Assi ghat.
They were all coming back from the Ardh Khumbh Mela in Allahabad before heading back to Nepal.
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Waiting to go. Ooty . Tamil Nadu
Some passengers waiting to go.
Aboard the little train climbing up the blue mountains to reach Ooty.
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Horsemen. Calcutta. West Bengal
"Horsemen" taking a rest in a Calcutta's street.
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Colors and water. Delhi.
A pan seller in Delhi
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Praying Hanuman. Madurai. Tamil Nadu
A woman praying to the monkey god Hanuman inside the magnificent Meenakshi temple in Madurai.
The enormous temple complex is dedicated to Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara and his consort Parvati, or Meenakshi. The original temple was built by Kulasekara Pandya, but the entire credit for making it as splendid as it is today goes to the Nayaks. The Nayaks ruled Madurai from the 16th to the 18th century and left a majestic
imprint of their rule in the Meenakshi - Sundareswarar Temple.
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Shy. Pattadakal. Karnataka
15/03/07
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On the Ghats. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
14/03/07
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Soni. Prayag. Uttar Pradesh
Soni, a little girl playing around inside the Nirvani Akhara during the Ardh Kumbh Mela in Prayag
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Naga Baba. Ardh Khumbh Mela 2007. Prayag
09/02/07
A Naga Baba from the Juna Akhara during his holy bath on January 19th In Prayag during the Ardh Khumbh Mela last month.
You can spot the Trishul in his right hand. One of the most prominent Sadhu sects, the Juna Akhara, consists of the warrior-ascetics or Nagas (the naked). They smear their bodies with holy ash and sport long matted hair, symbolic of their devotion to Lord Shiva, generally known as the God of destruction, but to Sadhus better known as the Lord of Yoga.
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Holy Bath. Prayag. Ardh Khumbh Mela 2007
A sadhu after having taken his holy bath in Prayag during the Ardh Khumbh Mela
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Cremation. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
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Pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh. Varanasi........ ...Uttar Pradesh
26/12/06
On the ghats...
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Smile . Tiruvanamalai. Tamil Nadu
An image shot in front of the temple in Tiurvanamalai.
A girl with her family, she actually leans on her mother's back.
Pilgrims from Bangalore ..
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Flowers. Mysore. Karnataka
Flower sellers under the protection of Ganesh, on the wall, in the Devaraja market in Mysore.
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Kalakshetra school. Chennai. Tamil Nadu
Students training in Baratha Nathyam.
Founded in 1936, by Rukmini Devi Arundale and her husband Dr George Arundale, Kalakshetra has played a significant part in the revival of Indian art and crafts, especially the dance form of Bharatnatyam.
Kalakshetra (which means 'holy place of art'), is situated on a sprawling 100 acre campus at Adyar. Students enjoy that hard-to-get proximity with greenery and the sea. Today, some of the most respected exponents in the performing arts are products of Kalakshetra.
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Krishna temple. Puri. Orissa
A old man, inside a Krishna temple in Puri, during the morning puja.
Puri the abode of Vishnu as Jagannath which contributed the word " Juggernaut" to the English language.
Puri being a coastal district of Orissa , is famous for its Historic antiquities and Religious sanctuaries
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Nara Simha. Sri Sailam. Andhra Pradesh
A portrait of, Nara Simha ( Man Lion ), a sadhu from Dampur shot in Sri Sailam where he spend the winter.
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Laundry Day. Badami. Karnataka
Two women doing their laundry in the sacred tank in Badami. For some reason the water was really green.
Beautiful silk sarees are drying up on the stairs..
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Water ritual. Pushkar. Rajasthan
A woman performing her early morning Puja in Pushkar, opposite the main Ghats, in a rather secluded part of the sacred tank. It was amazing to observe how agile even older women were, when climbing and descending the high stone steps, urging to touch the water. The rituals were performed every day, accompanied by prayers and chants.
A peaceful, enchanting scene.
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Resting. Chennai. Tamil Nadu.
16/12/06
two working women taking a rest in a street of Chennai
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Dhobi Wallah. Mumbai
12/12/06
A Dhobi Wallah during the monsoon in Mumbay
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Saree. Omkareshwar.. Madhya Pradesh
A woman drying up a sari at the confluence of the Narmada and Kavery rivers in Omkareshwar.
Omkareshwar is an island, shaped like the holy Hindu symbol of ‘OM'. Thousands of pilgrims gather at this holy city to offer prayers to the Jyotirlingam (one of the twelve throughout India), at the Shiva temple of Shri Omkar Mandhata. The jyotirlingam and the shape of the island combine to increase the religious importance of the island for devout Hindus.
The Shri Omkar Mandhata, a temple dedicated to Shiva, is constructed from local soft sandstone. Sandstone being easy to work with, the masons and artisans were able to achieve a very high degree of intricate carving, particularly on the upper parts.
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Ayappas. Sri Sailam. Andhra Pradesh
28/11/06
Those pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh were coming to Sri sailam to pray, on their way to Sabarimala . They are devotees of Lord Ayappa. They go through a 41 day penance abstaining from sex, meat and intoxicationg drinks before undertaking the trek up the forested mountain chanting the celebrated three words "Samiye, Saranam Ayappa ( Oh lord Ayappa, I come to thee for refuge.)
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Grain seller. Bidar. Karnataka
A grain shop in Bidar
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The Music School. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
A teacher playing Tablas in the Sarita School of Music.
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Diving. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
26/11/06
Kids diving on the Ghats in Varanasi. The heart of the city.
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Betel nuts. Cochin. Kerala
25/11/06
A woman calibrating the Betel nuts in Cochin.
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A Golden prayer. Amritsar. Punjab
24/11/06
A Sikh reading his sacred book alongside the tank of the Golden Temple. A minimalist shot, showing the reflection
of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, literally, pool of nectar.
This piece of architecture draws on both Hindu and Moslem artistic styles, yet represents a unique co-evolution of the two. During the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), Hari Mandir was richly ornamented with marble sculptures, golden gilding, and large quantities of precious stones. Within the sanctuary, on ajewel-studded platform, lies the Adi Grantha, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs. This scripture is a collection of devotional poems, prayers, and hymns composed by the ten Sikh gurus and various Moslem and Hindu saints. The image was shot the day before
the 400th anniversary of when the Holy Book was first taken to its holy site. Beginning early in the morning and lasting
until long past sunset, hymns were chanted to the accompaniment of flutes, drums, and stringed instruments.
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Kali Temple. Calcutta. West Bengal
A boy sitting next to kali inside the Kali temple in Calcutta, an incredible place.
you can see it here, On the cover of this book "The way home"
An exhibition I had in England last fall
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Smoking. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
Saddhus smoking Ganja near a small shrine alongside the Sacred Ganges. I was invited to join in !!
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Wringing out the cotton. Ayampattai. Tamil Nadu
In a small workshop located about 15klm away from Kanchipuram. All the epople in the village seem to be working in the Dyeing industry
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Siram. Vaiteeswarankoil. Tamil Nadu
Siram is a small boy who came with his father, mother, brother and sister to visit and pray at the temple in Vaitheeswarankoil.The family was from Vellore. His hair had been shaved for the sacred occasion. His head is sprinkled with an antiseptic powder which is widely used after the ritual shavings.
Situated about 24 km. from Chidambaram, the temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, who is worshipped as Vaitheeswaran or Vaidhyanadha Swamy. His consort is known as Thaiyal Nayaki.
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Deep Sleep. Calcutta. West Bengal
23/11/06
An old man sleeping in front of a closed shop in Calcutta.
I wwas just amazed at how white the pillow was.
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Sarees and Puja. Pushkar. Rajasthan
Some women drying up saris while in the background some people are performing a Puja
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Colors. Chennai. Tamil Nadu
Sudents in front of the University near Marina Beach in Chennai waiting for their bus.
Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8L USM
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Grain seller. Bidar. Karnataka
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The first bathing. Haridwar. Uttaranchal
The first bathing of the baby in the sacred Ganges, in Haridwar, in the State of Uttaranchal.
The frightened baby must have been rather cold, as I personally verified.
Haridwar has also been called Gangadvar, meaning 'Door of the Ganges' as it is here that the
sacred river Ganges leaves the mountains to flow out upon the Indian plains
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Cubist Portrait. Tiruvanamalai....... Tamil Nadu
22/11/06
A woman smiling at me when I passed in front of her house
in the beautiful temple city of Tiruvanamalai.
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Baratha Nathyam. Mamallapuram. Tamil Nadu
During the Baratha Nathyam festival in Mamallapuram. It takes place every january.
Simply beautiful
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Still life. Rishikesh. Uttaranchal
A saddhu quietly resting alongside the sacred "Ganges" in Rishikesh.
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Senoraa sarees. Madras. Tamil Nadu
A shop in Chennai called "Senoraa", behind the mirror where we can see the
reflection of the sales clerk, a woman is trying a saree.
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Goddess. Mamallapuram.Tamil Nadu
A little girl in Mamallapuram.
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Street Life. Calcutta. West Bengal
21/11/06
A little girl playing in the street in Calcutta.
It was shot during the monsoon season between two showers.
She was in front of her father's shop, but she wasn't attached like it seems.
No cropping at all ...
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Neelkanth Mahadev. Haridwar. Uttaranchal
A real nice man, Neelkanth Mahadev, a sadhu, his name meaning "blue throat", one of Shiva's name.
This image was taken on the banks of the river Ganga in Haridwar.
Haridwar located in the foothills of the Himalayas, represents the point where the Ganga reaches the plains. Haridwar is an ancient pilgrimage site, held in reverence for centuries. Several temples and ashrams dot this town and a visit to Haridwar is like stepping into a totally different world.
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Aarti. Pampassar. Karnataka
Near Hampi is a place called Pampassar. Here the meeting of Ram and Hanuman
-chief caracter of the Ramayana - took place, centuries ago… "
This is the picture of a Saddhu, priest of the temple performing an
"Aarti", the waving of lights for the Lord.
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Praying in Jaipur. Rajasthan
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Colors. Tiruvanamalai. Tamil Nadu
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Home sweet Home. Orchha. Madhya Pradesh
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Lingapa. Hampi. Karnataka
Lingapa is a farmer from Hampi, he is plowing his rice paddy in a really magical place,
set in the kingdom of Kishkinda...
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So good !. Bijapur. Karnataka
A grand mother feeding her grand-son next to her shop in Bijapur.
Playing around. Tiruchendur. ..........Tamil Nadu
Kids playing on the beach in Tiruchendur.
This image has been used in England to raise funds for the Tsunami that happened there in december 2004.
Prayer. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
A man praying on the ghats in Varanasi. Early Morning light.
You can see Nandi, Shiva's mount and the Lingam.
Praying. Uttarkashi. Uttaranchal
On my way to the souces of the Ganges, I stopped a few days in Uttarkashi.
This woman was praying alongside the Holy river, holding a stick of incense ..
I loved the colors of her clothing. You can tell we are in the mountains so they dress up differently..
Devotion. Sri Sailam. Andhra Pradesh
19/11/06
An older woman praying next to a lingam in the temple in Sri Sailam.
Deep Look. Amritsar. Punjab
A young girl sitting in the shade inside the Golden temple in Amritsar.
Worker. Udaipur. Rajasthan
A woman working in the sewer in Udaipur.
Bharat. Bidar. Karnataka
18/11/06
Bharat means India in Hindi. This man had a shop renting materials for wedding.
Oh God... Jodhpur. Rajasthan
Two women chatting in Jodhpur...
Chapati Making. Gulbarga. Karnataka
Remambi, a moslem woman invited me in her house to have a Chai..
She was making Chapatis. When I left she insisted that I accept some.
People are so nice in India.
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Faith. Tiruvappur Muthu Mariyamman temple. Tamil Nadu
Faith. Tiruvappur Muthu Mariyamman temple
When a loved one falls ill, the family prays to God to heal their child. And when the person is cured, their family takes them to the temple (usually where the main diety is a Goddess) and makes them lie down and "offered" to God, this is symbolically meant to say "Thank you Almighty, this loved one has been healed, we offer her and her good health to you, for without you nothing is possible". A lot of deadly diseases like small pox have made people over the centuries believe that a lot is not in their hands, and it is only upto God to heal them. This is a mark of reverence to the Almighty.
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Camel Fair. Pushkar. Rajasthan
At the end of the day in Pushkar during the camel fair.
A cropped image for once..
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