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A team from Kalki Avatar Foundation India gives passers-by the message of divine love and display the divine signs on the Moon and Maha Shiv Ling.
A team from Kalki Avatar Foundation India gives passers-by the message of divine love and display the divine signs on the Moon and Maha Shiv Ling.
A team from Kalki Avatar Foundation India gives passers-by the message of divine love and display the divine signs on the Moon and Maha Shiv Ling.
.. school-girl child of 'agariya' salt worker helping with daily chores.
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Wall-chalking done by members of Mehdi Foundation Pakistan. The writing reading '15th Ramadan: the Day of Mehdi. Imam Mehdi is Syedna Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi. - Mehdi Foundation International'.
A team from Kalki Avatar Foundation India gives passers-by the message of divine love and display the divine signs on the Moon and Maha Shiv Ling.
A team from Kalki Avatar Foundation India gives passers-by the message of divine love and display the divine signs on the Moon and Maha Shiv Ling.
A team from Kalki Avatar Foundation India gives passers-by the message of divine love and display the divine signs on the Moon and Maha Shiv Ling.
.. on the historic day 22-01-2024, of ram mandir pran-pratishtha.
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.. discarded god-goddesses, esp when they are old or take more space.
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.. heat waves engulfing distant settlement of 'agariya' salt workers.
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.. piles of rocks, not sure whether used as cairns or just for play, by local cattle keepers.
see my fav ROCKs here
This photograph of a seabird was taken from a moving boat while traveling from Dwarka to Beyt Dwarka in Gujrat, India.
Wall-chalking done by members of Mehdi Foundation Pakistan. The writing reading '15th Ramadan: the Day of Mehdi. Imam Mehdi is Syedna Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi. - Mehdi Foundation International'.
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My first vist to Dargah of Baba Gor at Ratnapore and the first person I met was Mujawir Saku Muhammadnubi bhai his reference was given to me by Umar Kutchi Mumbai but I could not get a room and the second reference was Shakil Siddi florist so Saku bhai called him and Shakil a close friend of Yuvraj Manvendra Singh Gohil who is also my dear friend got me a room at Rajpairi about 10 km away from the dargah.
It was tough commuting back and forth and expensive too but I have no regrets I made some good Siddi friends and I know deep within my heart it was Baba Gor who called me here to document his beloved children the Siddis of Gujrat .
And this is my next serious documentary I met Siddi elder historian Babubhai I met Janu Bapu and the youngsters like Imran Badshah Nazir Ashfaque Altaf Pappu and many others ..
I have been documenting the Siddis that came from Jamnagar for the Mahim Urus and it all began 20 years back.. but I have yet to visit Siddi villages in Jamnagar and I think another good Siddi friend Kayum Murima will help me ,,,
Gor Gor Baba Gor ..
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I took a very long break from Facebook ...
I had met Nasir Bhai Rafaee Dongri at Haji Malang 2010 I shot his ratib and zarb.. we again met in the same year when he came to Bandra below my house in the Sandal procession of Maulana Baba Bandra SV Road .
But it was my close friend Shakib Ahmed Siddiqi Mahimi who put me on to him last year I called up Nasir Bhai we spoke after 7 years he was at the Urus of Ismail Shah Baba Jamli Mohala near Null Bazar he invited me to the Sandal and thus began my documentation of the Qadri Rafaee Silsila as a sub head to my photo set on Sufism at Flickr .
I enjoyed shooting Ratib body piercing and Zarb so next I was invited to Sewri I shot an event there at the house of Nasir Bhais murid Arafat .
I was invited by Nasir bhai to Sandal of Hisamuddin Baba Dongri the seat of the Qadri Rafaees of Mumbai .. and went with them to BiliMora Gandevi Gujrat shot the Jashn Of Ghaus Pak.. for 3 days .
On my return I shot the Sandal of Abdul Rehman Shah Baba Dongri and Bismillah Shah Baba VT ,,, My dad in his very difficult times used to invoke the Saint of VT ..this was my first visit I met the Qadri Rafaee heads of Baroda Kamaluddin Baba Jamaluddin Baba Nayyar Baba and they felicitated me publicly as the Khalifa of the Madariya Order .
Than a few weeks back I shot the Jashn of Syed Ahmed Kabeer at Dargah Hisamuddin Dongri.
I have shot over 4500 images of the Qadri Rafaee Silsila at Flickr thanks to Nasir Bhai and over 169 videos at my You Tube Channel in a few months .
The Rafaees that I shot earlier my first documentary were the Rafaees from Chand Shah Wali ..more bawa type monks .
I shot the bawa rafaees on my walk in 2017 Chadiyan from Delhi to Ajmer 550 km in 13 days .
So I have documented Sufism ..various branches Chishtiya Banwa Jalalis Madarriya .Qalandaris from 2005 till date .
I am thankful to Syed Farid Chishty Sabri sab and his father highly revered Peersab Fakhru Miya Hujra no 6 for insights into the Chishtiya Sabri Silsila and I shot this Order for 12 long years .
I mean I could never imagine myself shooting the Kala Ghoda Festival of the elitist shit heads or the Standard Chartered fucked Marathon race ..or those over stated street fucked photography .
I shoot all faith religion culture rituals but I only shoot India ..the weft warp the diversity unity mutual coexistence ..
I dont have the sources to shoot festivals in Nagaland Pushkar etc so I shoot what is close at hand .
I will shoot Khamakhya Assam June 2018 thanks to Mrs Shatrughan Sinha who buys me air tickets and a bit of help from my MLA neighbor Advocate Ashish Shelar. At Khamakhya I am indebted to Niku Sarma who takes care of me as his own family .he belongs to the Panda family .
I shot 601 Urus of Zinda Shah Madar Makanpur 2 Feb to 5 Feb 2018.
I know who I am what I am my religiosity my spirituality is my own prerogative ,... but yes deep down I am an Indian..
A storyteller and a photographer .. photography has never been and will never be my source of income ..
I promote Hindu Muslim amity and as a Shia I promote .. Shia Sunni amity ..
If you ridicule my faith or the people I shoot I will block you ,.. I stopped adding friends on Facebook.
All my posts public at Flickr Twitter are marked only for friends at Facebook.. if you feel uncomfortable with my views my posts please unfriend me .. it would make me really happy .
I post my images at Flickr and Twitter ..my videos at You Tube
Thank You ..