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in Life in this India, Varanasi 4 comments tags: barber, benaras, ganga, ghat, gopan, gopan g nair, gops, gops.org, gopsphotography, kashi, life, photography, river, street, varanasi

OPEN AIR SHAVE

FROM THE STREETS OF VARANASI

FROZEN MOMENTS FROM THE STREETS OF VARANASI

VARANASI ( Also known as Benaras or Kashi ) is  the oldest living city in the world with a known history of over 3000 years.  Mark Twain once wrote, “Varanasi is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” This city existed even when Sri Budha was a young boy.  Varanasi belongs to the Indian state of  Uttar Pradesh, situated by the west bank of holy Ganga River. The revered and ancient city Varanasi is the religious centre of the world of Hindus, Budhists, Jains & Sikhs. Even after several centuries of destruction by Mughals & other invaders, this city still stands, where the past and present, eternity and continuity, philosophy and wisdom co-exist.  To Hindus, Kashi is as holy as Mecca to Muslims & Jerusalem to Christians.

One of the main attractions in Varanasi must be its street life, and it is perhaps every photographer’s dream land.  In this series, I have tried to capture the spiritual moments and street life of Varanasi without losing its charm.

About this particular frame : I was fascinated  by the activities of a barber who appeared from nowhere, made a quick setup and got busy with his work.

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4 Comments:

  1. Sajimshaw
    January 15, 2015
    Reply

    Good one

    • GOPAN NAIR
      January 15, 2015
      Reply

      Thank you Sajimshaw. Appreciate your visits & comments.

  2. Ezhil Ramalingam
    January 23, 2015
    Reply

    This is a masterpiece from a master photographer. This can very well be used as a perfect example to explain how a street photography should be !!!
    There are a lot of elements in this image (like the broken mirror, water-spray bottle) which have a lot of stories to tell. Imagine the barber taking the water from the Ganges just a few steps down, crazily simple, isn’t it ? Gopan, thanks for sharing this !!!

    • GOPAN NAIR
      January 24, 2015
      Reply

      Thank you very much, Dear Ezhil Sir. Your one comment is priceless !!


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