Holy places of Calcutta (India) - Dakshineswar Temple on the Ganges
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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After you make your offerings to the deity, it is customary to take a holy dip in the Ganges. The river runs along the temple &you would see people of all cultures, communities & religion gathered for a touch of the holy water.
This picture is taken at mid-day after we offered our puja at the temple. It is taken on hand-held Nikon D200. To avoid dark-eyes & partial wash-outs due to the extreme sunlight, I used a 2X Singh Ray gradual neutral density filter. The picture is cropped in Adobe Photoshop.
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