'Camera baba' aka Udit Kulshrestha's photostream

Dawn Devotion, is part of the JodhpurRiff (www.jodhpuriff2011.com) and was held at Jaswant Thada, Jodhpur

As part of the Book Project on Heritage Music and during my travels on the 'Rare Sound Karma' Project, chanced to be a part of a Tibetian ritual of worshipping the dawn.

This is the image of a Tibetian monk performing dawn devotion.

Goa, 2009

Polished & Kissed
Kaniyakumari, 2010

An ode to a poetic saint
Kaniyakumari, 2010

The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet (40.5 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and saint Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural. It was opened on January 1, 2000 and is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari, where two seas and an ocean meet; the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean . The statue has a height of 95 feet (29 m) and stands upon a 38 foot (11.5 m) pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of "virtue" in the Thirukkural. The statue standing on the pedestal represents "wealth" and "pleasure", signifying that wealth and love be earned and enjoyed on the foundation of solid virtue.

The combined height of the statue and pedestal is 133 feet (40.5 m), denoting the 133 chapters in the Thirukkural. It has a total weight of 7000 tons.

The statue, with its slight bend around the waist is reminiscent of a dancing pose of the ancient Indian deities like Nataraja. It was sculpted by the Indian sculptor Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati, who also created the Iraivan Temple.

This monument was hit by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004

(wikipedia.com)