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Romancing the Goan Monsoon – Take 3

Rajan P. Parrikar — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:10:54 +0000

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Another installment in our ongoing monsoon romance.

Classic monsoon squall in Batim
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar

Bovine conference in Batim
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 100 f/2 Makro Planar

Rubber plantation in Vichundrem
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar

Herder at Gaodongrim, Canacona
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 Makro Planar

Pebbles on the Beach

Rajan P. Parrikar — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:24:46 +0000

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I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. - Shri Isaac Newton

Some pebbles picked up by my camera on my morning constitutionals at the Agonda beach in Canacona, the southernmost taluka of Goa.

Yoga
5D, 300L f/4 IS

Pranayama
5D, 35L

Romance
5D, 300L f/4

Nirvana
5D, 35L

Canacona

Rajan P. Parrikar — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:14:40 +0000

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Until around 2000, few outside Goa had heard of Canacona. This southernmost region of the state had it all: lush fields, forests, mountains, rivers, and secluded beaches. For long it had remained outside the ambit of the mass tourism circuit due to its relative remoteness and lack of facilities. But it all changed in 2004 when the movie The Bourne Supremacy came along, with its opening sequence of Matt Damon gamboling on Palolem beach. The last remaining citadel of Goa’s pristine wilderness had crumbled. Today it has turned into a playground for the coarse proclivities of the tourist hordes.

A couple of weeks ago, I went on a lark through Canacona. It was a glorious monsoon morning when I got to the tiny hamlet of Loliem. The noted Hindustani vocalist Anjanibai Lolienkar of Agra gharana was born here. Later, I stopped by the village of Painguinim (Poinguinim), home to the old temple of Parashurama, avatar of Lord Vishnu, whom legend associates with the origin of Goa. I will have more material on these villages and their socio-religious traditions in future postings.

Damodar temple in Loliem, Canacona
5D Mark II, 24-105L

Goddess Aryadurga in Loliem, Canacona
5D Mark II, 24-105L

Monsoon lushness in Painguinim, Canacona
5D Mark II, 24-105L

Temple of Parashurama in Painguinim, Canacona
5D Mark II, 24-105L

Puno Fato Velip in Barcem, Quepem
5D Mark II, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II

Farming in Barcem, Quepem
5D Mark II, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II

Monsoon Glory – 5

Rajan P. Parrikar — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:57:06 +0000

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The spirit of rural Goa is instantiated on this ethereal monsoon morning in Canacona in south Goa.

Near Palolem in Canacona, Goa
5D, 24-105L

Forbidding dark clouds loom over the ‘duckbill spillway’ at the Selaulim dam in Sanguem taluka.

The 'duckbill spillway' at Selaulim dam, Goa
5D, 24-105L