Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a very beautiful portrait! All the best from the south of France! Tarek ------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara <http://www.tarekcharara.com> NO ARCHIVE Le 20 ao?t 10 ? 14:01, Ric Carter a ?crit : > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information