Monday, November 17, 2008

CHANDANNAGORE JAGADDHATRI PUJA 2008

CHANDANNAGORE JAGADDHATRI PUJA 2008: A PHOTOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY

This is the first Jagaddhatri Puja with my own camera in hand. So followed indiscriminant clicking which resulted near about 1500 images within 5 days. Choosing the right images to upload was not an easy task, especially when you need to resize each image (approx 4-5 MB each) for the web. However I have chosen some random images from that collection so that there is at least one image from every aspect of the festival. (However time have not permitted me to click the initial preparations like the making of idol, pandal etc). Due to limiting to about 103 images from a set of 1500, there may be some good images left out, and some not so good are uploaded. I think you can enjoy these random selections. Please comment and let me know.

(I've noticed that the quality of some images suffered serious degradations due to resizing. I sincerely apologize for that and hope to get them redone soon. Thanks.)

Monday, October 13, 2008

BENARES

A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY TO A 3000 YEARS OLD CITY

During October 2008, I visited Benares, one of the oldest cities in the world (estimated date of foundation dates back to 1200-1000 BC). Apart from the essence and charm that the city has gathered through the ages, it symbolizes the cultural and religious unity of India, being a holy city of the Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and the Muslims.

With Ganga(Ganges) flowing by its side it has over hundreds of Ghats (steps leading to the river/watrbody). These ghats along with the winding bylanes of the city it is a good place to test your photography skills.