Blindness Association

This is an example of a themed Pandal. The theme was awareness of blindness issues and had loads of clever little features. This is a simplified tactile version of the deities so that they can be appreciated to the max without the need for sight.

Durga Puja Special

October 18th 2008
And wasn’t it just! ‘Special’ that is. Durga Puja; 5th - 9th Oct 2008. This blog will deliberately be mostly pictures as such a spectacle is difficult to describe in any other way. Comparisons to Christmas in the West are made regularly with Durga Puja, but I personally think this is to short change this amazing Hindu fest, particularly the way it is done in Kolkata, the home of Durga Puja. ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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