Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the information, Jayanand. As for the weals, I looked again at the Cooling Off picture http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20170706-153_01.jpg.html and was astonished at the size of the weals on that devotee!! And there he is sitting down looking relaxed with not a care in the world. There must be a god after all :-) Douglas On 10/07/2017 03:54, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Douglas, Luis > > Thanks for looking. Will change the date, Thanks! > > Douglas, about your queries. They have to cart the idol a distance of > around 3-4 kilometres, once around the temple, and it takes around 2.5-3 > hours.. It still is quite an effort. If you look carefully, you can see > great, huge big weals on their shoulders of the men actually doing the > carrying. One of the guys in the "Cooling Off" photograph has impressive > ones! > > The Hindu Pantheon also has three apex gods - Brahma, the creator; Vishnu, > the preserver; Shiva the destroyer, supposedly the three faces of the > supreme being. Brahma, for some strange reason, has only one functioning > temple in all of India, in a place called Pushkar, famous for its annual > Camel Fair. The other two are worshiped across the length and breadth of > the country. The markings are simple, and almost a case of tribal identity > - vertical lines on the temple denote followers of Vishnu, and horizontal > lines the followers of Shiva. This is a slightly exaggerated version, > consistent with a more conservative bent of a generally accommodating > religion - it is not a tuning fork, but a trident. > > The normal ones are like this: > > Shaivite: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore/Mylapore-20161225-063.jpg.html > > Vaishnavite: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mylapore/Mylapore-20161225-066.jpg.html > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> Some great images there, Jayanand. The lens appears to be a cracker. How >> far do they have to carry the idol, as from your images, it looks a lot of >> work? And the tuning fork markings on some people's foreheads, what do >> they >> symbolise? >> BTW some of your images are labelled July 2014. I like the line up in >> "Cooling Off". >> >> Douglas >> >> >> >> On 06/07/2017 17:54, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >>> This week heralds a major annual festival, Shri Narasimha Swami >>> Bhrahmotsavam at the 8th century Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Temple, which I >>> have been photographing for years. I normally go with one lens - today >>> was >>> the turn of the stunning Fujinon 90mm f2 lens on the Fuji X-T2, and I was >>> shooting it only at wide apertures. In other words this was going to be a >>> street portrait session! >>> >>> This is a large set, so please bear with me! >>> >>> The idol in the temple is carried in a huge palanquin with a few priests >>> on >>> board around the perimeter of the temple by volunteers. It is an >>> exhausting >>> task, and at any point of time there must be 20-25 men physically >>> carrying >>> the extremely heavy load. >>> >>> The temple elders generally chant the religious shlokas (Sanskrit >>> couplets) >>> and walk in front: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-009_01.jpg.html >>> >>> The Head Priest on top, with the idol: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-024_01.jpg.html >>> >>> The pain and strain of carting the idol around is only too visible: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-042_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-094_01.jpg.html >>> >>> Every few hundred metres, there is a short break for rest, and a longer >>> break half way: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-023_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-153_01.jpg.html >>> >>> I generally convert to B&W when there are too many distracting colours in >>> the background: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-122_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-147_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-039_01.jpg.html >>> >>> There is a brass marching band enlivening the proceedings: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-074_01.jpg.html >>> >>> The faithful wait at different points to see the entourage pass by: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-057_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-071_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-064_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-179_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-006_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-047_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-166_01.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplican >>> e/Triplicane-20170706-172_01.jpg.html >>> >>> Please see LARGE >>> >>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome (with emphasis on the latter!) >>> >>> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >