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Subject: [Leica] Vishnu's Dreaming - visits to two Hindu temples
From: wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)
Date: Sat Jun 10 17:51:33 2006

Here we go again........................

Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote:  Walt,
I think you should take your ignorance and typical US brains onto the 
forum....BTW, you have got the big hole - its between your ears.
Cheers
Jayanand



Walt Johnson wrote:

> Having grown up in Arizona and spent more than my share of time at the 
> "big hole in the ground" I'm amazed by your statements. How could you 
> compare something which took millions of years to come about with 
> Vishnu and her pack? One one hand there is the beauty of Mother 
> Nature's Work and on the other???? Fantasies by superstitious, 
> semi-naked natives practicing group sex and communing with the 
> heavens? Give me the big hole any day.
>
> Walt
>
> Richard wrote:
>
>> How can one take pictures of the Grand Canyon? With the exceptions of 
>> few awe inspiring pictures, most are just photographs of a hole, 
>> albeit a big one, on the ground.
>>
>> Thus with some trepidations that I present this gallery: 
>> http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/061006/
>> The photographic contribution is close to nil. Nevertheless, it 
>> records a cultural heritage that belongs to all of us. The first set 
>> of photographs is from a stone temple built around 12-13th century. 
>> The workmanship is so startling that the artisans carved through some 
>> of the statues, as shown in the very first picture. I *believe* (but 
>> could be wrong) that this temple is Shiva's temple. The second set is 
>> from a temple built around 10th century and their styles are somewhat 
>> different. I believe this temple is Vishnu's temple. The last picture 
>> is of Vishnu dreaming, from whose navel Brahma, the Creator comes forth.
>>
>>
>> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
>> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>>
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