Portfolio - Life

Lord Shivji sits on his vehicle, the bull Nandi, (seen in the background.) Well, this clothstore near the Varanasi ghats boasts of a real bull that comes each day and squats in front of the Shivji's idol all day.

The train has departed... its time to take stock.

One of the major attractions of Varanasi, the evening prayers (aarti) on the banks of the Ganges...

That if i perform the last rites of my departed beloved on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi is the ultimate belief for the bourgeois Indian...its a ticket straight to heaven.

After i took the picture, the sadhu nonchalantly asked for a donation for his modest temple behind him.

The Kavariayas (people who make wishes which if fulfilled must walk hundreds of kilometers to the banks of the Ganges to bring water back to their villages in urns so that their own Shivjis (occupants of local shiv temples) can be bathed with it...
In queue here are a bunch of Kavariyas, waiting for their turn in a complex ritual where a priest will fill their urns with water drawn from the Ganges.