[Leica] Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi

[Nathan Wajsman]

Love this set, Jayanand. Hard to pick a favourite, but I certainly like the portraits.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 03 May 2017, at 12:55, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As soon as we came back from Mussoorie, Neela and I left immediately for a
> long overdue trip to the very southern  tip of India - to the holy city of
> Rameswaram, and the spit of land nearby that takes India to within 20km of
> Sri Lanka. The Ramanathaswmy Temple in Rameswaram has been mentioned in
> Tamil texts dating back to the 7th century, and is one of the three or four
> holiest pilgrimage spots in Hinduism. Unfortunately, photography is
> strictly prohibited, so no photographs of the temple in this gallery! Both
> are on Pamban Island, which is connected to mainland India by a modern road
> bridge - and a century old rail bridge, built in 1914, over the Gulf of
> Mannar:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-2637.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-2651.jpg.html
> 
> The other photographs are from the southernmost tip of Pamban Island -
> where a road has been laid recently till the end. It is an exhilarating
> drive on a spit of sandy land, with the Gulf of Mannar on both sides, and
> no traffic at all, because vehicles are not allowed for most of the road
> without prior permission. As it is so close to Sri Lanka, it is no wonder
> that there a bunch of Tamil refugees from there. They sell trinkets and tea
> to the tourists who come here:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-820.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-822.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-828.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-849.jpg.html
> 
> The village of Dhanushkodi comes further on, but it is just a complete
> ruin, having been devastated and abandoned during the infamous cyclone of
> 1964:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-960.jpg.html
> 
> After this it is clear till the end of the road at the southern most tip,
> where sand, sea and sun meet, surrounded by sand flats and the sea on both
> sides. All you see are occasional fishermen, on virginal sand:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-858.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-867.jpg.html
> 
> Finally, at the end, there is an Ashoka Pillar, the symbol of the
> sovereignty of India:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Rameshwaram/Rameshwaram-20170424-869.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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