[Leica] Triplicane

[Douglas Barry]

Thanks for the information, Jayanand.

As for the weals, I looked again at the Cooling Off picture 
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-153_01.jpg.html 
and was astonished at the size of the weals on that devotee!! And there 
he is sitting down looking relaxed with not a care in the world. There 
must be a god after all :-)

Douglas



On 10/07/2017 03:54, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Douglas, Luis
>
> Thanks for looking. Will change the date, Thanks!
>
> Douglas, about your queries. They have to cart the idol a distance of
> around 3-4 kilometres, once around the temple, and it takes around 2.5-3
> hours.. It still is quite an effort. If you look carefully, you can see
> great, huge big weals on their shoulders of the men actually doing the
> carrying. One of the guys in the "Cooling Off" photograph has impressive
> ones!
>
> The Hindu Pantheon also has three apex gods - Brahma, the creator; Vishnu,
> the preserver; Shiva the destroyer, supposedly the three faces of the
> supreme being. Brahma, for some strange reason, has only one functioning
> temple in all of India, in a place called Pushkar, famous for its annual
> Camel Fair. The other two are worshiped across the length and breadth of
> the country. The markings are simple, and almost a case of tribal identity
> - vertical lines on the temple denote followers of Vishnu, and horizontal
> lines the followers of Shiva. This is a slightly exaggerated version,
> consistent with a more conservative bent of a generally accommodating
> religion - it is not a tuning fork, but a trident.
>
> The normal ones are like this:
>
> Shaivite:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore/Mylapore-20161225-063.jpg.html
>
> Vaishnavite:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore/Mylapore-20161225-066.jpg.html
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> Some great images there, Jayanand. The lens appears to be a cracker. How
>> far do they have to carry the idol, as from your images, it looks a lot of
>> work? And the tuning fork markings on some people's foreheads, what do they
>> symbolise?
>> BTW some of your images are labelled July 2014. I like the line up in
>> "Cooling Off".
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/07/2017 17:54, Jayanand Govindaraj 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/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-009_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> The Head Priest on top, with the idol:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/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/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-042_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/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/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-023_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/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/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-122_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-147_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-039_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> There is a brass marching band enlivening the proceedings:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/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/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-057_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-071_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-064_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-179_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-006_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-047_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/Triplicane-20170706-166_01.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican
>>> e/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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