Posted on August 16th, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
We had spent the whole afternoon taking candid street pictures & portraits of saints & sadhus along the holy river Ganges. The river runs through the city of Kolkata & has a whole culture & people developed around the banks. We were out taking street pictures in Nimtola, the burning ghats of Kolkata, along the [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
Dakshineswar Temple has been an integral part of the Hindu culture for hundreds of years as much as Ramkrishna Deb’s sermons. Everyday thousands of devotees offer their prayers to Goddess Kali. The temple opens from 6 AM in the morning till 12 noon & again from 4 PM through 8 PM in the night.
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
He is an extremely quite person. He was observing us as I & my brother were crouching close to him trying to take his portraits. His neighbors told us his name “Lalbaba“, which translates to “Priest in Red“, probably from the red clothes that he has always got on him.
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
This is a very old tradition prevalent in many of the Asian religions & cultures. People would feed the unprivileged & the poor on occasions that are auspicious to their families.
In the old days of Rajas & Maharajas, people would sit in long rows along the streets while they are offered clothes & food. It [...]
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Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
“Do good unto others” & while you are in Calcutta, India, you would see a lot of people going out of their way to help others. The holy place of Dakshineswar is strewn with people asking for alms. And they find people willing to offer them a few coins or food.
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