Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/24

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Subject: [Leica] Temple Festival
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:04:55 +0530

There was a major temple festival happening at the 8th century
Parthasarathy Temple at Triplicane, which we stumbled upon by sheer chance
yesterday morning when out for a photowalk. An idol was being taken around
the temple and temple pond perimeter in a palanquin carried by devotees of
Vishnu, one of the major Hindu gods - the vertical trident mark on men's
foreheads denotes worship of Vishnu. The palanquin was preceded by a
chanting and marching flock of scholars and temple elders, and followed by
another group of a vedic teacher and his wards, also chanting vedic verses.
The first set concentrates on the palanquin and the load bearers:

Load Bearers:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFest-20130623-013.jpg.html

Offerings:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFest-20130623-042.jpg.html

A Moment's Rest:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFestN-20130623-164.jpg.html

Pain:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFestN-20130623-260.jpg.html

Keep Going!:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFestN-20130623-344.jpg.html

Halfway House:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFestN-20130623-365.jpg.html

Rest Stop:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFestN-20130623-367.jpg.html

Home Stretch:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/ParthaFestN-20130623-648.jpg.html

Please see LARGE.

Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome

Cheers
Jayanand


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