Light a candle… Lighten up your life

Captured this pic at St Patricks Cathedral, Camp pune. It was Christmas 2012.

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| F-Stop – f/4.5 | Exposure time – 1/40 sec. | ISO – 200 | Focal Length – 32 mm | White Balance – Manual |

Star of Happiness … Star of Prosperity

Captured this pic at St Patricks Cathedral, Camp pune. It was Christmas 2012. 

Awesome experience it was to be present at a church when the clock marked the start of the day when son of God came to earth :)

The thing at the left is the moon … I know it doesn’t look like a moon but it is :D

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cropped a bit and adjusted brightness and contrast

| F-Stop – f/5 | Exposure time – 1/40 sec. | ISO – 200 | Focal Length – 42 mm | White Balance – Manual |

 

Serene Nainital

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Adjusted brightness and contrast and tried enhancing the sky

| F-Stop – f/5.6 | Exposure time – 1/1000 sec. | ISO – 200 | Focal Length – 18 mm | White Balance – Manual |

2 Divine examples of Devotion coming together

Got a chance to witness holika dahan near Hanuman temple. The temple committee organized the same. What fascinated me is the presence of the 2 best examples of devotion and faith at the same place.

First is holika dahan which celebrates the death of Holika in order to save Prahlad. Bhakt Prahlad was a devotee of Lord Vishnu and annoyed by this devotion his father Hiranyakashyapu ordered Holika (prahlad’s aunt) to sit on a bonfire with Prahlad on her lap in the hope that this would kill Prahlad. But Holika was burnt to her death and nothing happened to Prahlad.

Second is Hanuman. Hanuman is well known as the supreme devotee of Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Hanuman was a vital character of the epic Ramayana.

This setup of holika dahan near hanuman temple brought together the 2 biggest examples of devotion and faith towards lord Vishnu which was a very big point of fascination for me.

I placed myself on the road divider and captured this holika dahan across the road for 1.5 hours. The fascination was exponentially increased when a guy from temple committee came and said that they were very impressed by the way I captured the holika Dahan organized by them. Addition to the surprise was when the main guy of the temple committee honoured me by applying tilak on my forehead and giving me prasad. For the first time got so much respect and attention from a religious committee :)
 

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| F-Stop – f/5 | Exposure time – 1/60 sec. | ISO – 400 | Focal Length – 100 mm | White Balance – Manual |

Hum Dost the, hain, rahenge... Hamesha

The caption means "We were, are and will always be friends". This was a dialogue in the movie "Dil Chahata Hai", one of the epic movies of all time. This dialogue comes when one out of the three friends Sid(Akshaye Khanna) says that it is very possible that the three of them don’t see each other for years. At that time Akash (Aamir Khan) says “Hum Dost the, hain, rahenge... Hamesha” … No extra emotions, no over acting. Just plain statement communicating everything :)

Thanks to this group for helping me to create this pic :)

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Adjusted brightness and contrast

| F-Stop – f/5 | Exposure time – 1/640 sec. | ISO – 100 | Focal Length – 35 mm | White Balance – Manual |

Fascinating Tilak !!! :)

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| F-Stop – f/4 | Exposure time – 1/400 sec. | ISO – 100 | Focal Length – 55 mm | White Balance – Manual |

The peaceful Kass Lake

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Adjusted brightness and contrast and selective coloring

| F-Stop – f/5.6 | Exposure time – 1/500 sec. | ISO – 100 | Focal Length – 55 mm | White Balance – Manual |