Showing posts with label Temples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Temples. Show all posts

Monday, 25 January 2016

Kamdhenu cow - Mucca Kamdhenu - कामधेनू गाय

Kamdhenu, Shukreshwar temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Kamdhenu, Shukreshwar temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak
Kamdhenu, Shukreshwar temple, Guwahati, Assam, India - Images by Sunil Deepak

Guwahati, Assam, India: Kamdhenu cows from the old Shukreshwar temple situated on the banks of Brahmaputra river. According to the mythology, whatever you will ask from her you will get, because she is the wish-fulfilling cow.

गुवाहाटी, असम, भारतः ब्रह्मपु्त्र नदी के किनारे बने प्राचीन शुक्रेशर मन्दिर में कामधेनू गायें. मिथिक के अनुसार कामधेनू गाय से जो माँगो वह मिलता है, वह सारी इच्छाएँ पूरी कर देती है.

Guwahati, Assam, India: Le mucche Kamdhenu al vecchio tempio di Shukreshwar alle rive del fiume Brahmaputra. Secondo la mitologia, si riceve tutto quello che le si chiede, perché è la mucca che soddisfa tutti i desideri.

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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, 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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