Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He definitely has the eyes of someone who has seen God...an excellent portrait, razor-sharp as it should be. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Aug 20, 2010, at 7:26 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >