Tag: Festival
Crafting Gods and Demons at Kumartuli | Kolkata
The First of the 4 part Durga Pujo special series. It’s Pujo time 😀 !!! Devi Durga – the principle form of the Goddess, a symbol of power, affection and victory of good over the bad might have been created in the Heavens with special powers from multiple Gods to defeat the notorious Mahisasura (the Buffalo Demon) But Ma Durga – who resides…
looking back | Durga Pujo
The 3rd Part of the 4 posts series – This time only pictures – of what is probably the World’s Largest Open Air Art Carnival – an epic conglomeration of art, creativity, religion and faith. World renowned body painter and artist Sanatan Dinda decribes Durga Pujo as ” The biggest site specific installation arts in the world “ Crores…
Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Mumbai
A first of a 3 posts series , It gives me a great pleasure to be able to share my experiences and photographs of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. I hope you will enjoy it too !!! Before He was a Lord He was the young and adorable son of Shiva and Parvati. But then He became…
LalBaugCha Raja Visarjan in Mumbai
Finally the last post of the 3 posts series, It gives me a great pleasure to be able to share my experiences and photographs of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.[ You can find the previous posts here ] This post, once again is about a personal experience about my visit to Mumbai’s largest GaneshVisarjan ceremonies at the Girgaum (Marine…
Durga Puja Visarjan at Manali
As I publish this post, the last of the 4 post Durga Puja special series, almost all the idols across hundreds of pandals in Kolkata have already undergone visarjan(idol immersion) – initiating the Devi’s journey back to her in-laws. Last year(2014) although I missed the Puja at Kolkata, I got to experience it in the serene and…
Kolkata Rathyatra
Experiences and Photographs from the 42nd Kolkata Rathyatra organised by ISKON. Also a handful of last minute Tips for my photographer friends, so that they can avoid the mistakes I made 🙂 The Kolkata Rathyatra organized by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is the Second Largest Rathyatra festival in the world, next only to the Rathyatra at Puri,…
Dahi Handi celebrations during Janmashtami | Mumbai
Experiences from my witnessing the Dahi Handi Celebrations in Navi Mumbai, back in 2010 . This is the First Post where the photographs and videos are entirely shot with a Point and Shoot Camera. This is also the first post where I have included videos (Please watch the videos in HD)so that you just don’t read about or see the action, but also…
Mahalaya & Torpon – The Colors of Arrival
Waking up in the break of dawn to the legendary voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra as every radio station is geared up for “Mahisasur Mardini” and then preparations to head for one of the many ‘Ghats’ (river banks) where thousands gather for Torpon – A Hindu Ritual of paying homage to their ancestors. Well, that is the…
Meeting Lalbaugcha Raja | Mumbai
A Second of the 3 series posts, It gives me a great pleasure to be able to share my experiences and photographs of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. This post is about a personal experience about my visit to Mumbai’s most iconic and famous Ganesha idol – Lalbaugcha Raja and chance to see the Lord (and touch His feet) after standing in…