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Subject: [Leica] Seen God
From: meino at innerside.demon.nl (Meino de Graaf)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:25:22 +0200
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Jayanand

Beautifull Black and White picture

regards
Meino de Graaf

Ric Carter wrote:
> wonderful in its fine detail and texture
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> On Aug 20, 2010, at 1:26 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> 
>> I had gone into the rainforests of the Western Ghats mountain range,
>> at a place called Valparai in Tamil Nadu (the state which I belong to,
>> and stay in), mainly to see the endemic flora and fauna (including
>> leeches!) during the monsoons. At a beautiful view point - the day was
>> very wet and overcast, so the landscape shots had to wait for another
>> day - I met this man, Velu, who claimed to have seen Murugan, one of
>> the Hindu pantheon of Gods at this spot in 1983. Since then, for the
>> last 27 odd years, he has been coming to this spot at 11am to extol
>> the glory of God. This has become a part of local folklore, so much so
>> that the spot is nowadays officially called "Seen God". Here is Velu
>> explaining to us the circumstances under which he saw Murugan. There
>> are psychological connotations as well - "Vel" means spear in Tamil,
>> and Murugan is always depicted with a spear in traditional religious
>> iconography, and Velu is a popular name for the God. He seemed
>> slightly unbalanced in a peaceful sort of way, but he spoke good
>> English as well as Tamil, which probably shows an educated background.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3863bBWP2.jpg.html
>>
>> C & C always welcome!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Seen God)
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