Om Nama Shiva-ya!
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| Varanasi, City of Shiva (2) | ||||||||||||
| photography by Steve Hamner | ||||||||||||
| Here are additional photos from my February-April 2004 trip to the city of Varanasi. | ||||||||||||
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| Holi is the festival that marks the beginning of springtime in India.� Children purchase small bags of colored powders and are allowed to throw the dry powder or powder dissolved in water at anyone in sight.� The week before the festival, I came across a street where many storefronts were well stocked to supply the city with these playful powders. | One never knows who or what will be encoutered next.� I met these two gentlemen during an afternoon walk.� They invited me to share tea and to visit their temple the next day.� The temple just happened to be devoted to Shiva and Kali, which may explain the countenance on the older gentleman's face. Om Nama Shiva-ya! |
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| Sadhu (holy man) with sunglasses | I title this, "Dear Lord" | |||||||||||
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| Springtime marks the appearance of brightly colored fresh produce in the street markets of Varanasi. | Friends and I were walking near Tulsi Ghat when we noticed movement in the middle of a pushcart.� This small girl revealed herself, but was somewhat startled by the attention we were paying to her. | |||||||||||