jeudi 24 décembre 2009

Mornig puja. Varanasi














A woman is dressing after the holy bath , while a priest is doing the morning puja dedicated to Ganga.

lundi 21 décembre 2009

jeudi 26 novembre 2009

mercredi 25 novembre 2009

Corolla. Varanasi




















Water lily or lotus flowers?

vendredi 13 novembre 2009

Offerings. Varanasi














Flowers offered to the Ganga during the pujas. So many pilgrims here that everyday the offerings grow and grow on the banks.
Some people recuperate them to sell again..but you can find also plastic bags, aluminium cups...

mardi 10 novembre 2009

vendredi 6 novembre 2009

Motherhood. Varanasi














No distinction on the ghats, rich as well as poor people come here for the Ganga pujas, or to find some opportunity.

mardi 3 novembre 2009

Ganga bank scene. Varanasi














Boatmen and pilgrims have to share the Ganga ghat; the first ones are not always very kind with the seconds...

mercredi 21 octobre 2009

Shaving ceremony. Varanasi














Just before he holy bath, purification and hair offering ; three boys in this family, one is waiting his turn.

Sweeping. Varanasi

lundi 19 octobre 2009

jeudi 15 octobre 2009

Bath. Varanasi














Holy bath in ganga before the shaving. shaving the hair is an offering to god and a purification.

mardi 13 octobre 2009

lundi 12 octobre 2009

samedi 10 octobre 2009

Running out of Ganga. Varanasi














the boy does not seem to appreciate the holy bath in Ganga!!!

The seller and the Vespa. Varanasi














When you leave the ghat area, you find another world.

mercredi 23 septembre 2009

Searching their way; Varanasi


Walking in Ganga is a little bit dangerous; frequently women help themselves while going to the holy bath place.

jeudi 17 septembre 2009

Street scene. Varanasi














being connected with gods does not prevent to be interested by the daily news...

vendredi 4 septembre 2009

Holy bath. Varanasi














I must say that the young boy did not appreciate the bath as a holy one...mostly as a very cold one with the water coming in both mouth and nose!

dimanche 12 juillet 2009

Devotion. Varanasi




















Puja for a new born.

mardi 7 juillet 2009

Mornig puja. Varanasi














A brahmane doing a morning puja in the Ganga. The rope is for a boat, I found that it added to the composition.

dimanche 5 juillet 2009

samedi 4 juillet 2009

The dog devotee. Varanasi














In India, the dog is a badly considered animal, in opposition with many others who have their god: Hanuman, Ganesh...
This one was trying to find something eatable among the offerings.

mercredi 1 juillet 2009

Ganga mud. Varanasi














Holding the wire for security, she just took some mud in the Ganga to make a god figure, one of the puja ritual.

lundi 29 juin 2009

Praying Ganesh. Varanasi














Puja for Ganesh; this is the basic posture when you pray the elephant god.

lundi 22 juin 2009

dimanche 21 juin 2009

On the way to Manikarnika ghat. Varanasi














..were the body will be burned, no ladys allowed; behind, a pan seller

vendredi 12 juin 2009

vendredi 5 juin 2009

Gipsy musicians. Varanasi














For a wedding on the ghat, gipsy musicians are playing drums.

jeudi 4 juin 2009

Reading the mantras. Varanasi

The old lady. Varanasi














The day after holi, you can see the splashing color on the shop wall behind the old lady head.

mercredi 3 juin 2009

Silhouette. Varanasi


Near a temple in a back street, not so far from Manikarnika ghat, the cremation one.

vendredi 22 mai 2009

The crossing I. Varanasi














For holi every area burn a tree like here in this crossing, we are one day later, the tree is still consuming , the sidewalkers don't care anymore about it.

jeudi 21 mai 2009

Death of a young monkey. Varanasi














Probably killed by a car in a Varanasi street, the body is decorated with flowers, according to the veneration indian have for Hanuman, the monkey god.

mercredi 20 mai 2009

Holy songs. Varanasi














During these holy days, I feeled like a war reporter, great danger! From anywhere can come the fatal colored water and even I did not fear for myself, my 5D tried to make himself the smallest he could...

samedi 16 mai 2009

Mood gods. Varanasi














During the puja some people made some gods representations on the ghat, using the mud of the Ganga;. Most of the time it is lingams, symbols of Shiva.

samedi 9 mai 2009