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Indian men enjoy a dance show in the VIP section at one of the theatres at Sonepur Mela, Bihar, India in November 2015.
More about the dance shows on my website: www.maciejdakowicz.com/sonepur-mela/girl-shows/
Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival historically native to the Indian subcontinent, more specifically, the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal, Jharkhand, and the Nepalese provinces of Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chhath puja are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, to show gratitude and thankfulness for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and to request that certain wishes be granted.
Chhathi Maiya, the sixth form of Devi Prakriti and Lord Surya's sister is worshipped as the Goddess of the festival. It is celebrated six days after Deepavali, on the sixth day of the lunar month of Kartika (October–November) in the Hindu calendar Vikram Samvat. The rituals are observed over four days. They include holy bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water (vrata), standing in water, and offering prasad (prayer offerings) and arghya to the setting and rising sun. Some devotees also perform a prostration march as they head for the river banks.
This photo was taken in my village Simari in Madhubani district, Bihar. The puja was done in the village pond and the temple can be seen in the background.
I am sure everyone must have had an experience with this one! It was fun! wasn't it!
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A young boy in the brick factory area of Patna. Shot on my second Nov 2013 Indian workshop: www.maciejdakowicz.com/past-workshops/street-and-travel-p...
Monks walking through the gates at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India
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Published in National Geographic Traveller - India - Oct 2016 issue
we
are
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passengers
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acrimony
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pain
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heartache
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disappointment
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the existential angst
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on route to
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Photography’s new conscience
On a cold morning the train to Nepal is ready to leave
The Nepal Government Railway NG line which has recently finally closed in 2015. In the future a new broad gauge line will be build into Nepal.
Jaynagar
Bihar
India
13 December 2005
The Thing Which I Didn't Even Dream About, The Never Expected Scene !!
Twin Gooty ALCO'S Led By Kingfisher, That Too in Darbhanga
Spectacular Pair Of Special Visitors Firing All Cylinders While Passing Through Darbhanga City, Taking Off The Prestigious Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express !!
2019 Was Something Different ❤️
It is said that seeing a lotus in your dream, represents growth, love, purity, beauty and expansion of the soul.
Lotus comes from the Greek word "lotos" and the Sanskrit name is padma, it is an ancient and universal symbol.
"It is the flower sacred to nature and her Gods, and represents the abstract and the Concrete Universes, standing as the emblem of the productive powers of both spiritual and physical nature.
It was held sacred from the remotest antiquity by the Aryan Hindus, the Egyptians, and the Buddhists after them; revered in China and Japan, and adopted as a Christian emblem by the Greek and Latin Churches, who made of it a messenger as the Christians do now, who replace it with the water lily.
It had, and still has, its mystic meaning which is identical with every nation on the earth" (SD 1:379 - Theosophy Dictionary on Lotus).
A few days ago I saw this pond on the left of the road, somewhere, in the Indian state of Bihar as we were driving from Varanasi to Bodh Gaya.
It was early in the morning at sunrise and it was still very foggy, there were many lotusses waiting for the sun and their reflection on the muddy waters was providing a dreamy kind of atmosphere.
I thought then that showing this image upside down would emphasize the effect...
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Metal Snake Skipping Flood Prone Area.
While Heading Towards Its Destination, Route Diverted Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express Passing Through Fields Submerged In Flood Water !!