Monday, July 26, 2010

Guru Purnima moon….

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Guru Purnima, is a full moon day that is celebrated in India to worship the guru or spiritual guide.

The Hindus celebrate this by worshiping the Sage Vyasa (Veda Vyasa), the author of the Mahabharata, while the Buddhists  celebrate it in the honour of the lord Buddha who gave His first sermon on this day at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The Full moon on this day is said to be sacred, and people in India worship it…..

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Serendipity : Love is in the air…… er, water

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A Sunday morning visit to Lodi Garden turns up an unexpected surprise.  A few of us were walking back to the garden after an interesting photographic morning at the Garden, when, while crossing the Athpula Bridge, I happened to see this heart-shaped patch of lily’s. It was irresistible, I had to photograph this heart made up of numerous heart shaped leaves…..

The vine…..

Lodhi Garden is one of those places that a photographer would get subjects to shoot at anytime, but yesterdays photowalk, was a disaster. The humidity was so high and it was so hot, that it almost felt like the camera was sweating.

After 10 minutes of shooting the breeze, a few of us decided to walk over to Khan Market and on the way there, I saw this creeper on the wall and i was reminded of O’Henry’s beautiful short story “The Last Leaf”…

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