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Subject: [Leica] Triplicane
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 20:43:20 +0530
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Nathan, Ric
Thanks for looking.

It is very similar to Spanish Roman catholic traditions - Luis & I have
discussed this many times before!

This is actually quite small, being a felicitation of the god Vishnu, not
very popular in South India. A similar one for the god Shiva at
Kapaleshwara Temple in Chennai routinely sees 500k to 750k people on the
roads. I avoid it totally, it is a strain to even walk in that area!

For another similar tradition, look at this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahi_Handi

Cheers
Jayanand



On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:56 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:

> wonderful experience
>
> thanks
>
> ric
>
>
> > On Jul 6, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > This week heralds a major annual festival, Shri Narasimha Swami
> > Bhrahmotsavam at the 8th century Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Temple, which I
> > have been photographing for years. I normally go with one lens - today
> was
> > the turn of the stunning Fujinon 90mm f2 lens on the Fuji X-T2, and I was
> > shooting it only at wide apertures. In other words this was going to be a
> > street portrait session!
> >
> > This is a large set, so please bear with me!
> >
> > The idol in the temple is carried in a huge palanquin with a few priests
> on
> > board around the perimeter of the temple by volunteers. It is an
> exhausting
> > task, and at any point of time there must be 20-25 men physically
> carrying
> > the extremely heavy load.
> >
> > The temple elders generally chant the religious shlokas (Sanskrit
> couplets)
> > and walk in front:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-009_01.jpg.html
> >
> > The Head Priest on top, with the idol:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-024_01.jpg.html
> >
> > The pain and strain of carting the idol around is only too visible:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-042_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-094_01.jpg.html
> >
> > Every few hundred metres, there is a short break for rest, and a longer
> > break half way:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-023_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-153_01.jpg.html
> >
> > I generally convert to B&W when there are too many distracting colours in
> > the background:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-122_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-147_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-039_01.jpg.html
> >
> > There is a brass marching band enlivening the proceedings:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-074_01.jpg.html
> >
> > The faithful wait at different points to see the entourage pass by:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-057_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-071_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-064_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-179_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-006_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-047_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-166_01.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/
> Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-172_01.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome (with emphasis on the latter!)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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