Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar » Chorao http://www.parrikar.com/blog Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Truth, Divinity, Beauty) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:08:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Crossing, Waiting, Walking http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/01/13/crossing-waiting-walking/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/01/13/crossing-waiting-walking/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:01:47 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=8601 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

These are candids of Goan ladies taken during a leisurely morning spent in the villages of Narve and Chorão.

Crossing
5D, 300L f/4 IS

 

Waiting
5D, 300L f/4 IS

 

Walking
5D, 300L f/4 IS

 
 
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On the ferry from Ribandar to Chorão, Goa
5D Mark II, 135L

 
 
]]> http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/02/13/point-and-shoot/feed/ 0 Monsoon Bliss in Chorão http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/07/25/monsoon-bliss-in-chorao/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2010/07/25/monsoon-bliss-in-chorao/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:43:15 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=2837 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

This is a continuation of the Monsoon in Goa – 2010 Edition theme.

These photographs were shot over two consecutive rain-soaked days in the idyll that is the island of Chorão, also known as Chodna or Chodan. My forbears came from this part of Goa, and were impelled to move out after the sacking of the village and the Hindu temples by the Portuguese in the 16th C.

The final photograph in the series below was taken in the face of an intense rainstorm advancing in my direction. Seconds later I had to dive into my car. These are moments to live for.

St Bartholomew church, Chorão (1569)
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 

The lone sentinel on a dark monsoon morning
5D Mark II, 70-100L f/2.8 IS II

 

Nossa Senhora de Saude chapel
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Mae de Deus church of Pomburpa seen from Chorão
5D Mark II, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II

 

Advancing rainstorm (Pomburpa church is seen to the left)
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 
 
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The wedding of the sacred plant Tulsi – known as Tulsi lagna or Tulsi vivah – was celebrated in Hindu households throughout Goa on the evening of Oct 30. I meandered through the villages of Chorão and Tikhazana, sampling the primed Tulsi Vrindavans of varied designs and the associated festivities.

Traditional Tulsi fashioned from clay in Tikhazana, Goa
5D Mark II, 85L II

 
 

Tulsi in Tikhazana built on laterite base and plastered with cow dung
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 
 

A contemporary Tulsi Vrindavan in Tikhazana
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 
 

Chandrakala Mapari of Chorão in her Tulsi courtyard
5D Mark II, 85L II

 
 

Chandrakala Mapari cooking rice in her traditional kitchen
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 
 

Tulsi Vrindavan in Chorão
5D Mark II, 85L II

 
 

Offering prayers in Tikhazana
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 
 

Pooja in progress in Chorão
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 
 

Deepavali lamp in Chorão
5D Mark II, 85L II

 
]]> http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/10/31/tulsis-wedding/feed/ 9 Pedestal Cross in Chorão, Goa http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/06/28/pedestal-cross-in-chorao-goa/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2009/06/28/pedestal-cross-in-chorao-goa/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:03:46 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=273 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

Meandering through the dried paddy fields one summer evening on the island of Chorão, Goa, I came upon this pedestal cross and quickly positioned myself to lock in this composition.

Pedestal cross, Chorão, Goa
5D, 24-105L

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