PHOTOS FOR THE BOOK

 

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STREAMS OF INDIA

 

GLANCE AT INDIA by eyes of an ASTRO-MYTHOLOGIST

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photo 1: temple of Shiva in Benares,

woods for funeral fires

 

 

photo 2: pudja cereminyl on the bank of Ganga

 

 

 

 

photo 3, 4: two icons in the Gayatri temple (Benares)

 

 

 

 

photo 5: temple of Surya in Konarak (Bengal gulf)

 

 

 

photo 6: 24 wheels on the temple of Surya (Konarak)

 

 

 

photo 7: temple of Jaganath in Puri (Bengal gulf)

 

 

 

photo 8: Hindu sailor of flutes

 

 

 

 

photo 10: Buddist stupa in Sarnath (Benares)

 

     photo 9: Shivalingam temple in Bubaneshwar

 

 

 

 

photo 11 — Indian women near the tomb of sheikh (Frakhtepur Sikri near Agra)

 

 

 

photo 12 — temple with horses of Sun and a hut in a small ashram

(near Sun temple in Konarak)

 

 

 

photo 13: lustration ceremony during the festival of Kumbha Mela (Hardware)

 

 

 

 

 

photo 15: festival vehicle with statues of Ramayana heros

 

      photo 14: Shiva temple in foothills of the Himalayas

 

 

 

photo 16: yogis with tridents in foothills of the Himalayas

 

 

 

photo 17: political demonstration of Hindu moncs

 

 

 


photo 18: The most Southern resort of India -- Covalam beach

 

 

 

photo 19: Ganesha temple of the street of Trivandrum (South of India)

 

 

photo 20: sadhus near the temple of Kanyakumari (South of India)

 

 

 

photo 21: Suchindrum temple of Hanuman (South of India)

 

 

 

 

photo 23: monument of Vivekananda in the ashram (Kanyakumari)

    photo 22: Roman-Catholic church in Kanyakumari

 

photo 25: an elephant and my daughter Syiana

 

 

   

  photo 24: gopuram-towers of Minakshi temple (Madurai)

 

 

 

 

photo 26: an icon – Rama and Sita make pudja ceremony

with Ramanathaswami temple on the background (Rameshwaram)

 

 

 

photo 27: bas-relief of Ardjuna penacle in Mahablipuram (near Madras)

 

 

 

photo 28: Kuthab Minar in Dehli

 

 

 

photo 29: Hardware (Ganga river in foothills of the Himalayas)

 

 

 

 

photo 30: Arjuna vehicle in Rishikesh on the bank of the river Ganga 

(foothills of the Himalayas)

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