The Aperture To Your Soul
~slave of Shiva~
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Shot @ Kedarnath, India. Must View On Black
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Shaivism is as old as Indian civilization. The first reference of Shiva dates back to Harappa civilization. Though probably Shiva was a philosophy rather than a deity, but today we have almost lost the philosophy of Shiva and myth has taken place of. (Read The Lingam of Shiva and The Taj)
From thousands of years of tradition and practices the interpretation has been taken form of Shiva as the celebration of destruction and new beginning. Along with the new interpretation the form of lingam has also changed, from the pillar of light (knowledge) to the current one of the celebration of life.
As my view of Religion as a Philosophy I tend to accept the lost knowledge. But I don’t keep the view that interpretation has to remain same throughout the ages. It should change according to the requirement of time.
So I do love the relatively new approach of celebration. I do love those religious practices, though my way differ. I am as Saivite as my better-half. (see The other side of the Door)
The shot was taken during my visit to Kedarnath this June. It was a freezing evening I was in the temple campus looking for some shots of the temple in the neon. I knew there will be some evening arati, as in other Shiva temples in the country. But what I had in next 30 minutes was totally different experience altogether. With the ringing bells and the sound of Domru, which is kind of getting rarer in the last decade, and in that chilly evening about a hundred devotees clapping their hands, it created an atmosphere which I could feel even now sitting thousands of kms far from homeland.
And the photograph is one of the reason behind making that evening as one of my most memorable.
That’s why I love those religious people, though otherwise I feel that they are being fooled by some fanatics for sake of making money.
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~slave of Shiva~
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Shot @ Kedarnath, India. Must View On Black
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Shaivism is as old as Indian civilization. The first reference of Shiva dates back to Harappa civilization. Though probably Shiva was a philosophy rather than a deity, but today we have almost lost the philosophy of Shiva and myth has taken place of. (Read The Lingam of Shiva and The Taj)
From thousands of years of tradition and practices the interpretation has been taken form of Shiva as the celebration of destruction and new beginning. Along with the new interpretation the form of lingam has also changed, from the pillar of light (knowledge) to the current one of the celebration of life.
As my view of Religion as a Philosophy I tend to accept the lost knowledge. But I don’t keep the view that interpretation has to remain same throughout the ages. It should change according to the requirement of time.
So I do love the relatively new approach of celebration. I do love those religious practices, though my way differ. I am as Saivite as my better-half. (see The other side of the Door)
The shot was taken during my visit to Kedarnath this June. It was a freezing evening I was in the temple campus looking for some shots of the temple in the neon. I knew there will be some evening arati, as in other Shiva temples in the country. But what I had in next 30 minutes was totally different experience altogether. With the ringing bells and the sound of Domru, which is kind of getting rarer in the last decade, and in that chilly evening about a hundred devotees clapping their hands, it created an atmosphere which I could feel even now sitting thousands of kms far from homeland.
And the photograph is one of the reason behind making that evening as one of my most memorable.
That’s why I love those religious people, though otherwise I feel that they are being fooled by some fanatics for sake of making money.
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