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As part of the recent Brighton Festival there were 2300 diyas (lights in clay pots) laid in the Royal Pavilion Gardens. The Diyas were made by Brighton school children, each representing a soldiers life. This was installed as one of the Dr Blighty themes in respect of Britains Centenary Anniversary of the First World War and the Indian Soldiers that were nursed at Brighton Royal Pavilion when it was converted to a 722 bed hospital.
Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn.
It is an official holiday in Fiji, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago. Diwali involves the lighting of small clay lamps (diyas) filled with oil.
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art
Exposure: 1/160 s at f/1.8, ISO: 200
During Dev Deepawali, the steps of all the ghats on the riverfront of the Ganges River, are lit with more than a a million earthen lamps (diyas) in honour of Ganga, houses are decorated and oil lamps are set afloat on the river
A diya is an oil lamp, usually made from clay, with a cotton wick dipped in ghee or vegetable oils.
Eine Diya ist eine einfache handgefertigte Öllampe – meistens aus Lehm, in der sich ein Baumwohldocht befindet, der in Ghee oder Pflanzenölen eingetaucht ist.
f21 top, silence & noise (UO) shorts, colin stuart pump, thrifted belt, asos clutch, modified f21 necklace
This is one of my personal favourites because of three reasons:
(a) Her expression is one of a kind and I find it captivating.
(b) It was raining and I like the way rain has been captured here.
(c) The image is "photographically flawed" (blurred, not the perfect framing etc.) - something that I find synonymous to human flaws
Honestly, it's one of the few coloured shots of mine I like.
In case you're interested, view B&W version
This shot is dedicated to T.A.R.A.N. for being that somebody and doing that something which has made me smile. Thank you, again! xx
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Dev Deepawali Blue Hour shot from Varanasi Ghat...
The Dev Deepavali "the Diwali of the Gods" or "festival of lights of the Gods", the festival of Kartik Poornima is celebrated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It falls on the full moon of the Hindu month of Kartika (November - December) and is 15 days after Diwali. The steps of all the ghats on the riverfront of the Ganges River, from Ravidas Ghat at the southern end to Rajghat, are lit with more than a million earthen lamps (diyas) in honour of Ganga, the Ganges and its presiding goddess. The gods are believed to descend on earth to bathe in the Ganges on this day. The festival is also observed as Tripura Purnima Snan. The tradition of lighting the lamps on the Dev Deepawali festival day was first started at the Panchganga Ghat, about 25 years ago.
During Dev Deepawali, houses are decorated with oil lamps and coloured designs on the front door and firecrackers are burnt at night. On this occasion, processions of decorated deities are taken out in the streets of Varanasi and oil lamps are set afloat on the river. (wiki)
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