Rainbow Dress. Indian Collection
by Jenny Rainbow
Title
Rainbow Dress. Indian Collection
Artist
Jenny Rainbow
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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The Indian collection has been taken in 2008 during my travel in India - mostly states Goa and Karnataka, especially in the ancient town called Gokarna, very well known for the celebration a great Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri.
Here is presented mostly not exactly the celebration but the daily life of the Indian town with candid captures and portraits of the local people.
Maha Shivaratri.
Shivaratri is great festival of convergence of Shiva and Shakti. Chaturdashi Tithi during Krishna Paksha in month of Magha is known as Maha Shivaratri according to South Indian calendar. However according to North Indian calendar Masik Shivaratri in month of Phalguna is known as Maha Shivaratri. In both calendars it is naming convention of lunar month which differs. However both, North Indians and South Indians, celebrate Maha Shivaratri on same day.
Vrat Vidhi � One day before Shivaratri Vratam, most likely on Trayodashi, devotees should eat only one time. On Shivaratri day, after finishing morning rituals devotees should take Sankalp to observer full day fast on Shivaratri and to take food next day. During Sankalp devotees pledge for self-determination throughout the fasting period and seek blessing of Lord Shiva to finish the fast without any interference. Hindu fasts are strict and people pledge for self-determination and seek God blessing before starting them to finish them successfully.
On Shivaratri day devotees should take second bath in the evening before doing Shiva Puja or visiting temple. Shiva Puja should be done during night and devotees should break the fast next day after taking bath. Devotees should break the fast between sunrise and before the end of Chaturdashi Tithi to get maximum benefit of the Vrat. According to one contradictory opinion devotees should break the fast only when Chaturdashi Tithi gets over. But it is believed that both Shiva Puja and Parana i.e. breaking the fast should be done within Chaturdashi Tithi.
Shivaratri puja can be performed one time or four times during the night. The whole night duration can be divided into four to get four Prahar (प्रहर) to perform Shiva Puja four times. Drikpanchang.com lists all four Prahar durations for staunch Shiva devotees who perform Shiva Pujan four times in the night. We also list Nishita time when Lord Shiva appeared on the Earth in the form of Linga and the time window to break the fast on next day.
Shivaratri is also spelled as Shivratri, Shivarathri and Sivaratri.
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Comments (8)
Jenny Rainbow
Charlie, thank you very much to feature this image in the group People around the world!
Jane Small
Love the beautiful composition here Jenny. All three young girls looking in different directions .It makes such an interesting picture and I love the colours too. v/f
Jenny Rainbow replied:
Thank you very much, Jane! It was so lovely experience in the street photography as people mostly were so open for the photo and even was posing sometimes :-)
Michel Verhoef
Such beautiful dresses :) all the colors are there that their houses are missing....such contrasts !!! :) soooo nice Jenny :)
Jenny Rainbow replied:
Its always a colorful feast for the eyes Indian way to dress and their love of the bright vivid colors :-) Thanks a lot, Michel :-)
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