Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 January 2016

Sacred family - Famiglia sacra - दैविक परिवार

Durga Puja tableaux, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Durga Puja tableaux, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Durga Puja tableaux, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: In this tableaux of Kali Puja, Goddess Kali occupies the central space. Together with her, there are Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and various other minor and major gods.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः काली पूजा की इस झाँकी में काली माँ का स्थान केन्द्रीय है. साथ ही ब्रह्मा, विष्णु, महेश के साथ अन्य बहुत से छोटे बड़े देव देवताओं को भी जगह मिली है.

Guwahati, Assam, India: In questo gruppo di figure per la festa di Kali Puja, la dea Kali occupa il posto centrale. Insieme a lei vi sono Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh e diversi altri dei minori e maggiori.

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Saturday, 16 January 2016

Temple shop - Negozio del tempio - मन्दिर की दुकान

Temple shops, Bashistha, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Temple shops, Bashistha, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Temple shops, Bashistha, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: Near the temple entrance there are shops selling things used for prayer rituals such as flowers, coconut and incense for offerings and red ribbons to tie on the devotees' foreheads.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः मन्दिर के प्रवेश द्वार के पास पूजा सामग्री की दुकाने हैं जहाँ भगवान को चढ़ाने के लिए फ़ूल, नारियल, अगरबत्तियाँ, और माथे पर बाँधने के लिए लाल रिब्बन आदि मिलते हैं.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Vicino all'entrata del tempio vi sono negozi che vendono cose per la preghiera come i fiori, le noci di cocco e l'incenso da offrire al Dio e i nastri rossi che si legano sulla fronte.

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Monday, 4 January 2016

Gods of evolution - Dei dell'evoluzione - जीवन विकास के देवता

Hanuman statue, Tezpur, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Hanuman statue, Tezpur, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Hanuman statue, Chattarpur, Delhi, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Thinking of Darwin's theory of evolution, I wonder if Hindu God Hanuman can be a symbol of that pre-historical period, hundred thousand years ago, when different species of Homo Sapiens were developing, such as the Neanderthal man?

जब डारविन के जीवन विकास के सिद्धांत के बारे में जाना तो मन में प्रश्न उठा कि क्या हनुमान जी लाखों वर्ष पहले के उस पूर्व एतिहासिक काल का प्रतीक हो सकते हैं जब विभिन्न आदि मानव जातियों का विकास हो रहा था, जैसे कि निआन्डरथाल मानव?

Pensando alla teoria di evoluzione di Darwin, mi chiedo se la figura del dio indù Hanuman può essere un simbolo di quell'epoca preistorica quando si sviluppavano le diverse specie di Homo Sapiens, come l'uomo di Neanderthal?

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Monday, 28 December 2015

Washington cathedral - Cattedrale di Washington - वाशिन्गटन कैथेड्रल

Cathedral, Washington DC, USA - Images by Sunil Deepak
Cathedral, Washington DC, USA - Images by Sunil Deepak
Cathedral, Washington DC, USA - Images by Sunil Deepak

Washington DC, USA: The cathedral built in 1907 is in Gothic style.

वाशिन्गटन डीसी, अमरीकाः १९०७ में बना कैथेड्रल गौथिक शैली में है.

Washington DC, Stati Uniti: La cattedrale costruito nel 1907, è in stile gotico.

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Sunday, 27 December 2015

Konark morning - Mattina a Konark - कोणार्क सुबह

Morning at Konark temple, Odisha, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Morning at Konark temple, Odisha, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Morning at Konark temple, Odisha, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Konark, Odisha, India: Does culture depends upon university studies or it comes from urban living? When I think of the rural pilgrims at the Sun temple in Konark and its statues with explicit depiction of sex, I ask myself what do those pilgrims think about those sculptures? These are our prejudices that make us categorise people in slots and do not let us appreciate them as persons?

कोणार्क, ओडिशा, भारतः क्या सभ्यता विश्वविद्यालय में पढ़ने वालों में ही होती है, या फ़िर शहर में रहने से समझ में आती है? कोणार्क के सूर्य मन्दिर में गाँवों से आये तीर्थयात्री तथा वहाँ की मैथुन मूर्तियों के बारे में सोचता हूँ कि गाँव वाले तीर्थयात्रियों को इन्हें देख कर कैसा लगता होगा? यह पूर्वाग्रह हैं जिनकी वजह से हम लोगों को श्रेणियों में बाँटते हैं, वह सचमुच कैसे हैं यह नहीं समझना चाहते?

Konark, Odisha, India: Cultura dipende dagli studi universitari o dal fatto che vivi in una città piuttosto che in compagna? Quando penso ai pellegrini rurali al tempio del Sole di Konark e le sue statue con scene esplicite di sesso, mi chiedo che cosa pensano questi pellegrini di queste sculture? Sono i nostri pregiudizi che ci fanno catalogare le persone nelle scatole predestinate, senza voler capire come sono veramente?

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Saturday, 26 December 2015

Worshipping nature - Venerare natura - प्रकृति पूजा

Sacred hill, Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Sacred hill, Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Sacred hill, Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia - Images by Sunil Deepak

Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia: On the sacred mountain, you worship nature by placing a stone over another, offering a blue clothe and walking aound the stone mound.

उलानगोम, उव्स, मँगोलियाः पवित्र पहाड़ पर प्रकृति पूजा होती है, वहाँ एक के ऊपर दूसरा पत्थर रखते हैं, उस पर नीला कपड़ा चढ़ाते हैं और उसकी परिक्रमा करते हैं!

Ulaangom, Uvs, Mongolia: Sulla montagna sacra, per venerare la natura si mette una pietra sopra un'altra, si offre un panno azzurro e si fa un giro intorno al mucchietto delle pietre.

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Saturday, 12 December 2015

Foggy morning - Mattina nebbiosa - धुँधली सुबह

Fog, Kamakhaya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images of Sunil Deepak
Fog, Kamakhaya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images of Sunil Deepak
Fog, Kamakhaya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images of Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: A foggy morning at Kamakhaya temple on the Neelachal hill.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः नीलाचल पहाड़ पर कामाख्या मन्दिर में एक धुँधली सुबह.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Una mattina nebbiosa al tempio di Kamakhaya sulla collina di Neelachal.

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Monday, 7 December 2015

Temple men - Uomini del tempio - मन्दिर पुरुष

Priests, Kamakhaya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Priests, Kamakhaya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Priests, Kamakhaya temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: The priests of Kamakhaya temple wear red clothes. Some pilgrims also wear red. Today's images are of men in red.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः कामाख्या मन्दिर में पुजारी लाल वस्त्र पहनते हैं. कुछ भक्त भी लाल वस्त्र पहनते हैं. आज की तस्वीरों में इस मन्दिर से लाल रंग में पुरुष.

Guwahati, Assam, India: I preti del tempio di Kamakhaya portano i vestiti rossi. Anche alcuni pellegrini portano il rosso. Nelle immagini di oggi vi sono uomini in rosso.

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Thursday, 3 December 2015

Horses & elephants - Cavalli e elefanti - घोड़े व हाथी

Tribal deity Tubraj's shrine from Guajarat, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Tribal deity Tubraj's shrine from Guajarat, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Tribal deity Tubraj's shrine from Guajarat, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Gujarat, India: Tubraj hill has the shrine where tribal groups of Bhil and Garsiya pray to Tubraj and offer him horses and elephants of terracotta, and sacrifice goats. This re-creation of Tubraj shrine is at Manas museum in Bhopal and is the work of tribal artists Madhabhai Jethabhai Punja and Vitthalbahi Punja.

गुजरात, भारतः तुबराज पहाड़ी पर भील तथा गरसिया लोग बावसी तुबराज को पूजते हैं और उन्हें मिट्टी के घोड़े व हाथी चढ़ाते हैं, तथा बकरे की बलि देते हैं. तुबराज पूजा स्थल का भोपाल के मानस संग्रहालय में यह चित्रण आदिवासी कलाकार माधाभाई जैठाभाई पूँजा तथा विट्ठलभाई पूँजा द्वारा निर्मित है.

Gujarat, India: La collina di Tubraj ha il luogo sacro dove i gruppi tribali Bhil e Garsiya venerano Tubraj e gli offrono cavalli e elefanti di terracotta, insieme al sacrificio delle capre. Tutto è stato ricreato al museo Manas di Bhopal dagli artisti tribali Madhabhai Jethabhai Punja e Vitthalbahi Punja.

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Thursday, 26 November 2015

Krishna's Raas - Raas di Krishna - कृष्ण का रास

Raas festival, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Raas festival, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Raas festival, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Assam, India: This is the time of Raas festival in Assam which celebrates Lord Krishna as the cowherd and a friend of Gopis. Today's images have a Raas celebration area from Chayagaon in the Kamrup district.

असम, भारतः आजकल असम में रास का त्योहार मनाया जा रहा है जिसमें भगवान कृष्ण के ग्वाला व गोपियों के साथ रास मनाने वाले रूप की वँदना की जाती है. आज की तस्वीरों में कामरूप जिले से छायागाँव से रास का पँडाल.

Assam, India: E' il momento della festa di Raas in Assam che celebra la vita di dio Krishna come bovaro e amico delle ragazze Gopis. Le immagini di oggi hanno gli addobbi per la festa di Raas da Chayagaon nel distretto di Kamrup.

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Thursday, 19 November 2015

Vermilion couples - Coppie vermiglio - सिँदूरी जोड़ियाँ

Couples at Chhath festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Couples at Chhath festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Couples at Chhath festival, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: For Chhath festival, after praying to the rising sun on the banks of a river, married women put a line of vermilion on their forehead. Today's images have three couples after their Chhath prayers at Brahmaputra river.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः छठ त्यौहार के अवसर पर नदी किनारे सुबह उगते सूर्य की पूजा के बाद विवाहित औरतें माथे पर सिँदूर की लकीर लगाती है. आज की तस्वीरों में ब्रह्मपुत्र नदी के किनारे छठ पूजा के बाद तीन दम्पत्ती जोड़े.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Per la festa di Chhath, alle rive di un fiume, dopo aver pregato al sole nascente, le donne sposate mettono una striscia di vermiglio sulla propria fronte. Le immagini di oggi hanno tre coppie dopo la preghiera di Chhath alle rive del fiume Brahmaputra.

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Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Shiva's follower - Seguace di Shiva - शिव भक्त

A sadhu devotee of Shiva, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
A sadhu devotee of Shiva, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
A sadhu devotee of Shiva, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: A sadhu (someone who has renounced the world), follower of Shiva, at the Kamakhaya temple.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः कामाख्या मन्दिर में एक शिवभक्त साधू.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Al tempio di Kamakhaya, un sadhu (colui che ha renunciato il mondo), seguace di Shiva.

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Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Pond temples - Stagni e templi - तालाब के मन्दिर

Village ponds with temples, Ganiyari, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Village ponds with temples, Ganiyari, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Village ponds with temples, Ganiyari, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Ganiyari, Chattisgarh, India: In India's rural life, the nature and the sacred are intermixed. God is not there only inside the temple, s/he is also there in the tree and the pond, and in the soul of every being. This philosophy is evident in different aspects of daily lives. Yet in some parts of the life, this thinking gets deformed as in the caste related injustices. Today's images have some ponds and temples from Ganiyari village in Bilaspur district.

गनियारी, छत्तीसगढ़, भारतः भारत के ग्रामीण जीवन में प्रकृति तथा आध्यात्मिक घुले मिले हैं. भगवान केवल मन्दिर के भीतर नहीं बसते, मन्दिर के बाहर के वृक्ष व ताल में भी बसते हैं, हर जीव की आत्मा में बसते हैं. यह सोच रोज़मर्रा के जीवन के कई पहलुओं में स्पष्ट झलकती है. लेकिन जीवन के अन्य कई पहलुओं में यह सोच वृकित हो जाती है, जैसे कि जातिप्रथा से जुड़े अन्यायों में. आज की तस्वीरों में बिलासपुर जिले के गनियारी गाँव से कुछ ताल और मन्दिर.

Ganiyari, Chattisgarh, India: Nella vita rurale dell'India, la natura e il sacro sono tutt'uno. Il Dio non sta soltanto dentro il tempio, ma è anche nel albero e nello stagno, è nell'anima di ogni essere. Questo pensiero si evidenzia in diversi aspetti della vita quotidiana. Nonostante questo, in alcuni altri aspetti della vita questo pensiero è deformato come per le ingiustizie legate alle caste. Le immagini di oggi hanno alcuni stagni e templi dal villaggio di Ganiyari nel distretto di Bilaspur.

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Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Himachali musicians - Musicisti del Himachal - हिमाचली संगीतकार

Musicians in goddess processions, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Musicians in goddess processions, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Musicians in goddess processions, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India: In the mountains, each village and town has its patron god or goddess. Today's images have the musicians accompanying the processions of gods and goddesses during the Dashhera festival.

कुल्लू, हिमाचल प्रदेश, भारतः पहाड़ों के हर गाँव शहर के अपने इष्ट देवी या देवता होते हैं. आज की तस्वीरों में कुल्लू दशहरे के अवसर पर हिमाचली देवी देवताओं के जलूस के साथ चलने वाले संगीतकार.

Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India: Ogni paese e città della montagna ha il suo dio o la sua dea preferiti. Le immagini di oggi hanno i musicisti che accompagnano le procession dei dei e delle dee durante la festa di Dushhera.

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Monday, 7 September 2015

Expo Madonnas - Madonne dal Expo - एक्सपो की मरियम

Madonna by Andrea della Robbia, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
Madonnina by Giorgio Ciani, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
Greek Madonna, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy

Milan, Italy: 3 artistic expressions of Madonna from World Expo 2015 - a fifteenth century sculpture by Andrea della Robbia, 4.6 metre high "little Madonna" covered with gold leaves that is a copy of the Madonna statue in the cathedral of Milan, and a giant Madonna sculpture in Greek style.

मिलान, इटलीः विश्व एक्स्पो 2015 से तीन मरियम की कलाकृतियाँ - पंद्रहवीं शताब्दी की अंद्रेआ देल्ला रोब्बिया की शिल्पकला, जोर्जो चानी की साढ़े चार मीटर ऊँची सोने से ढकी "छोटी मरियम" जो कि मिलान के केथेड्रल की मरियम की कॉपी है और ग्रीक प्रतिमा की मरियम.

Milano, Italia: 3 espressioni artistiche della Madonna dal Expo 2015 - una scultura di Andrea della Robbia del quindicesimo secolo, "La Madonnina" alta 4,6 metri coperta da fogli d'oro (copia della statua al Duomo di Milano), e la Madonna in stile greco.

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Thursday, 20 August 2015

Seashell market - Mercato delle conchiglie - शँख बाज़ार

Seashell market, Ambubashi, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Seashell market, Ambubashi, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Seashell market, Ambubashi, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: In the north-east region of India, seashells are very important. During prayers and auspicious occasions, blowing a conch (a big seashell) is essential. Seashells are also used to make things like bracelets which are considered auspicious. Today's images have the seashell market from the annual Ambubashi fair.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः उत्तर पूर्वी भारत में शँखों का बहुत महत्व है. प्रार्थना के समय तथा शुभ अवसरों पर शँखनाद किया जाता है. शँखों की चूड़ियाँ तथा अन्य वस्तुएँ भी बनती हैं जिन्हें शुभ माना जाता है. आज की तस्वीरों में वार्षिक अम्बुबाशी मेले में शँखों का बाज़ार.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Nella regione nord-est dell'India, le conchiglie sono molto importanti. Durante la preghiera e durante i momenti di buon auspicio, si deve suonare una conchiglia grande. Dalle conchiglie si fanno altre cose come i braccialetti, anch'essi considerati di buon auspicio. Le immagini di oggi hanno il mercato delle conchiglie all'annuale fiera di Ambubashi.

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Tuesday, 11 August 2015

Blue tower - Torre azzurra - नीली मीनार

Bell tower, Cathedral, Kohima, Nagaland, INdia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Bell tower, Cathedral, Kohima, Nagaland, INdia - Images by Sunil Deepak
Bell tower, Cathedral, Kohima, Nagaland, INdia - Images by Sunil Deepak

Kohima, Nagaland, India: The bell tower of the cathedral of Kohima is white with sky-blue designs. When I had seen it together with the cathedral it had reminded me of the periscope of a submarine. However looked at separately it makes me think of the fairytale tower where Barbablue had imprisoned the princess with the long hairs. The princess had put her hair out of the tower window and the prince who had come to save her, had caught them and climbed up. What does this tower makes you think of?

कोहिमा, नागालैंड, भारतः कोहिमा के कैथेड्रल के घँटाघर की मीनार सफ़ेद रंग की है जिस पर आसमानी रंग की आकृतियाँ बनी हैं. कैथेड्रल के साथ देखा था तो मुझे लगा था कि वह किसी पनडुब्बी का पेरीस्कोप है. पर ऐसे देखो तो लगता है कि यह बच्चों की कहानी वाली मीनार है जहाँ पर बारबाब्लू ने लम्बे बालों वाली राजकुमारी को कैद किया था. राजकुमारी ने अपने बाल खिड़की से बाहर फ़ैलाये थे और उसे बचाने आया राजकुमार उन बालों को पकड़ पर ऊपर चढ़ गया. आप को यह मीनार किस बात की याद कराती है?

Kohima, Nagaland, India: La torre del campanile del cattedrale di Kohima è bianca con dei disegni in azzurro. Quando l'avevo visto insieme al cattedrale, avevo pensato al periscopio di un sottomarino. Invece visto così, mi fa pensare alla torre di Barbablu delle fiabe dove lui aveva imprigionato la principessa con i capelli lunghi. La principessa aveva messo i suoi capelli fuori dalla finstra e il principe venuto a salvarla, si era aggrappato a quelli per salire sulla torre. A voi che cosa fa in venire in mente questa torre?

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