India in 52 frames - 26

The river, the power, the mother

In Indian mythology, the river Ganga holds as exalted status. She's the consort of the Holy Trinity of Bramha, Vishnu and Shiva. She is personified as the ever flowing Power, and the ever forgiving all accepting Mother. It is no wonder, to see countless Indians lining up each morning along its banks, praying - for she is the distilled lifeblood of Indian tradition.

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Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/800 sec
Focal Length : 190mm
ISO Speed: 400

India in 52 frames - 25

The oldest canvas in the world

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Deep in the heart of Madhya Pradesh, lie the cave shelters of Bhinmetka. These shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India. It is suggested that at least some of these shelters were inhabited by man for in excess of 100,000 years. Some of the  rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30,000 years old.

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Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital
Aperture : f/5.6
Shutter Speed : 1/1000 sec
Focal Length : 18mm
ISO Speed : 400

India in 52 frames - 24

The power of prayer

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A Buddhist monk prays at the Mahabodhi temple in Gaya. Buddhists believe that when praying generates power. The relationship between the person who prays and the object of prayer is like the relationship between a bell and the person who rings the bell. The bell won’t ring without someone to ring it. The being – the object of prayer- can only have power if people have faith in it.

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Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital
Aperture : f/5.0
Shutter Speed : 1/5 sec
Focal Length : 18mm
ISO Speed: 800

India in 52 frames - 23

- The Spectacle Arrives

- Ever since I was a child, I used to be glued to the TV on Sundays - watching my heroes roar around Silverstone, Monza or Monaco in their sleek beasts. Last weekend, I heard the ear splitting roars for myself, saw my heroes in person. And not just that, the track was in India, the advertisers on the cars were Indian and one driver even had the Ashok Chakra on his helmet.

F1 had truly arrived.

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Camera : Canon EOS 350 Digital
Aperture : f/10
Shutter Speed : 1/500 sec
Focal Length : 92mm
ISO Speed : 100