Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice catch, and thanks for the explanation of the history of the town! Cheers, Nathan On 28 Dec, 2010, at 18:45 , Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Another in my ongoing series of photographs taken around India, this time > taken at Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India, which is the > confluence > of three major seas/oceans - Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. > It > was formerly called Cape Comorin. As I was getting ready to photograph my > wife, Neela, in the centre, I found this tourist getting a little self > conscious, so I clicked! The striped wall on the left encloses an ancient > temple to Kanya Devi, a virgin goddess who legend has it was stood up by > the > god Siva on their wedding day, from which the town takes its name. It is a > very old town, though a small one, even finding a mention from Ptolemy, who > identifies it as a pearl fishing centre. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Trivandrum_20100124_0189BW.jpg.html > > C&C, as always, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog