In Prayer, The Solemn Raised Hands of A Young Initiate to Kavady in Kerala India.

nobody@flickr.com (Anoop Negi) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:34:10 -0700

Anoop Negi posted a photo:

Kavady is a term used in Sanskrit for a harness on ones shoulder used for balancing a load. In its modern day usage it is more a religious assignment of balancing ones life or commitment to the principles of goodness.

You may have heard of Thai Poosam which has enough visual mind space on exotic and arcane rights of the Hindus as believers. Most of it now a days originates from Malaysia and South Africa where there are significant numbers of Tamil Hindu populations who settled down there centuries ago.

Visithra has some excellent Thai Poosam shots of this year as well as the earlier years.
Check out ..................

Visithra's Thai Poosan Set

I witnessed one deep religious and serious Kaavady ceremony in Trivandrum in Kerala in March 2008. I drove down from Cochin early in the morning for the shoot.

Doctor Robin and I were there to shoot and it was solemn and a serious affair and the belief unbelievable. For the first time in my life I saw no smiling faces of piety. The faces were all half in trance and wore expressions of solemn seriousness that was unnerving at most times. The reason for that was evident in a rather short while.

DSC_4502 copy from nef bnw bright reworked copy with 55 pc grain on highlights

A prayer for the Initates !

nobody@flickr.com (Anoop Negi) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:16:58 -0700

Anoop Negi posted a photo:

Kavady is a term used in Sanskrit for a harness on ones shoulder used for balancing a load. In its modern day usage it is more a religious assignment of balancing ones life or commitment to the principles of goodness.

You may have heard of theThai Poosam which has enough visual mind space on exotic and arcane rights of the Hindus as believers. Most of it now a days originates from Malaysia and South Africa where there are significant numbers of Tamil Hindu populations who settled down there centuries ago.

Visithra has some excellent Thai Poosam shots of this year as well as the earlier years.
Check out ..................

Visithra's Thai Poosan Set

I witnessed one deep religious and serious Kaavady ceremony in Trivandrum in Kerala in March 2008. I drove down from Cochin early in the morning for the shoot.

Doctor Robin and I were there to shoot and it was solemn and a serious affair and the belief unbelievable. For the first time in my life I saw no smiling faces of piety. The faces were all half in trance and wore expressions of solemn seriousness that was unnerving at most times. The reason for that was evident in a rather short while.

DSC_4502 copy from nef bnw norml reworked

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In Prayer, The Solemn Raised Hands of A Young Initiate to Kavady in Kerala India.

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