Multi-Religious walk around Mcleodganj Streets

Somehow I like this photograph and was not sure what title should be used for this one. I liked the way this Hindu sadhu is interacting these Monks who are going towards Budha Temple at Mcledoganj. This photograph was shot on the road which connects Mcleoganj Town with Bhagsu Waterfalls. Interactive combination of Red and Orange religions made me click this photographs, without spending any time in changing Camera Settings...

Food Photography Workshop by Dinesh Khanna and Aditya Arya at APEX, Delhi, INDIA

This photograph is shot during Food Photography workshop last week-end, which was conducted by Academy of Photography Excellence. India's popular Food Photographers Dinesh Khanna and Aditya Arya took with one day workshop. Anjali was part of this crew as Food Stylist. She is brilliant at it and loved the way she did all food styling for the shoots we did during this workshop. Above photograph shows Laptop screen with a photograph shot during workshop and one of the participants in background. Laptop screen has photograph of Matar-Paneer dish with some ingredients spread on the table.More photographs from this workshop can be seen at - http://phototravelings.blogspot.com/2012/05/food-photography-workshop-by-dinesh.html

Delhi Jazz festival 2012 ended last Sunday at Nehru Park, New Delhi, India

Delhi Jazz Festival 2012 was celebrated at Nehru Park in New Delhi for 3 days, which started on last Friday and ended on Sunday. (16th March- 18th March, 2012). I also thought of visiting it for some time on second day which was off for me from office. I reached the place at 6:30 pm which was time for beginning of the evening on second day of Delhi Jazz Festival 2012. At first a local band from Delhi University performed and then next one was from Georgia. Overall environment around the place was awesome and I am still a non-Jazz fellow :) ... Will surely plan to visit Delhi Jazz Festival 2013 to really understand this form of music !

Motorboats waiting for Passengers at Govind Sagar Lake in Una Region of Himachal Pradesh, India

Here is a Photograph from my recent visit to Himachal during Holi vacations. While going to Hamirpur from Delhi, this lake comes on the way near Una and known as Govind Sagar Lake which is a part of Satluj River. This lake was created during initiation of Bhakhra Hydro Project. Although this lake has snatched land of many folks around the place, but at the same time they have got new opportunities to earn their livings. More photographs of Govind Sagar Lake can be checked - HERE

Above photograph shows a very small portion of this lake. Govind Sagar is a huge lake spread in two districts of Himachal Pradesh covering hundreds of kilometers.

Another Photograph published in Times of India (Himachal Edition - 10th March, 2012)

More details can be checked at - http://phototravelings.blogspot.com/2012/03/winged-wonders-of-pong-wetlands-by.html

Lift Areas of UB-City @ Banglore, Karnataka, INDIA

Piyush Tewari at TEDx Connaught Place to talk about SaveLIFE Foundation and how it operates in some part of India !!!

Recently attended TEDx show at Delhi and Mr. Piyush Tewari was first speaker of the TEDx evening. He works on improving situations of Road Accidents and helping people after an accident. Currently people avoid to help in case of road accidents to avoid unnecessary tension of police and court. Tewari's organization work with local police to make people aware about helping road accidents. He works with frequent road travelers and try to track down accident location through some of the wonderful technologies. I recommend watching this video online. For more photographs and details about this event, check out http://phototravelings.blogspot.in/2012/02/tedx-connaught-place-on-impacting.html

TEDx Connaught Place with a theme around 'Impacting Issues we Ignore'

Recently a TEDx event happened in Connuaght Place of Delhi, India. This episode of TEDx was around 'Impacting Issues we Ignore' and 8 speakers from different walks of life presented their ideas and how they are executing them in different sectors of India. Most of them talked about some social issues in India and working on them. To know more about this show and more photographs, check out http://phototravelings.blogspot.in/2012/02/tedx-connaught-place-on-impacting.html

Shining Star on top of Pong Dam Lake near Nagrota in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, India || A Fish Eye Photograph

Here is a photograph shot with a Fish Eye which gives wider view to a place as compared to standard lenses. Although distortion of this photograph have been fixed and we needed to crop the original photograph which has obviously reduced some view from all four directions. Fish eye lens clicks a photograph which looks spherical. Anyways, This is Pong Dam which is one of the popular destination of Migratory Birds in Himachal Pradesh. For more Photographs of Pong Dam with more details, check out - HERE

Talking to God on first day of New Year (2012) @ Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Here is a boy in conversation with God to discuss the plans to make this year memorable for good things in life. Here is taking holy bath in Sarovar around Golden Temple of Amritsar. 

Golden Temple at Amritsar was over-crowded on 1st Jan 2012, as many folks from Punjab has come to this place for good beginning of the year and pray God for making 2012 a memorable year for good things in life. Amritsar being a very old city of India looks very scary during such special days, when whole Punjab is on street and there is hardly any space around. This was my third visit to  Amritsar and now probably I will  think twice to visit this city again. It's not tourist friendly and extremely inconvenient. But reaching at Golden Temple make you forget everything you see outside it. 

A Very Happy New Year to all of you again !!!

A Music Enthusiast playing Sitar during one of the evening at 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2012

This photograph was shot during one of the evenings of 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, when Byomtesh play was being shown. There is a character in this play who plays sitar at home, although it was a scene when background music was running...

Bharat Rang Mahotsav is one of the popular international Theater festival organized by National School of  Drama, Delhi. Ministry of Culture is also one of the active organization which takes care of funding for such theater festivals. This time focus was mainly on plays around Rabindarnath Tagore. This year Ministry of Culture is celebrating as 150th birthday of Rabindarnath Tagore.

Sunset @ Shimla (Sunset view from Mall Road, Shimla)

One of the prop from the set of 'Grotowski - An Attmpt to Retreat' during Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2012

Bharat Rang Mahotsav is going on in Captial City of Delhi and various plays from different parts of the world are being shown at NSD, Kamani, SRC and LTG etc. This photograph was clicked during one of the plays 'Grotowski - An Attmpt to Retreat', which are presented by a group from Poland.

Click on the photograph above in case you want to know more about this play or see more photographs...

A lovely Architecture form just outside President's House in Delhi, INDIA

Theatre Actor during 'Grotowski - An Attempt to Retreat', Directed by Tomasz Rodowicz, CHOREA Theatre Association, Lodz, Poland

This Photograph is clicked at Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2012. This play was presented yesterday at Kamani Auditorium. This is done by CHOERA Theatre Association, Lodz, Poland. 

To know more about the play, check out http://www.chorea.com.pl/en/productions/grotowski-an-attempt-to-retreat/

More photographs from this play will be shared  on PHOTO JOURNEY soon...

Anuradha Kapur Welcoming Sharmila Tagore on Inaugural ceremony of 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav || 8th Jan, 2012

On 8th January'2012, Sharmila Tagore was there in Kamani Auditorium as Guest of Honor for inaugural ceremony of 14th Bharat Rang Mahotsav. Bharangam is one of the popular theatre festival of India and considered as biggest festival in Asia. National School of Drama organize this festival with support fro Ministry of Culture. Kumari Selja was also present during the ceremony, which is MInister of Culture, India. 

Theatre groups from various parts of world are invited to present their work and experiments done in the field of Theatre. Various plays will be shown during Bharat Rang Mahotsav - 8th Jan to 22nd Jan 2012 !!!

Post Sunset hues from Trilokinath (Lahual and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA)

This is a three years old Photograph, which was clicked at Trilokinath Temple in Lahaul & Spiti. Most of the co-travellers can't forget this adventurous trip to Lahual & Spiti. It was the time, when we stuck at a place due to land-slide and our hotel was just 14 kilometers away, but had no option but to go back. After a day long journey from Chandigarh, we were about to reach Udaipur and stuck at a place near Trilokinath.

Finally we came back and stayed in an open ground outside Trilokinath Temple. We got some forest-wood to have bonfire and spent whole night in chilling ground surrounded by snow covered peaks.

14th Bharat Rang Mahotav is starting this weekend @ National School of Drama, Delhi

Bharat Rang Mahotsav is starting this weekend and lot of popular plays will be showcased during this fest. If you are Theatre lover and in Delhi, just go and enjoy the series of wonderful plays at National School of Drama, Kamani and Srifort Auditorium. 

Here you will be able to see many known faces from Television shows and Bollywood.

For more details, check out http://www.nsdtheatrefest.com/festival.php

Spider Net on a Street Lamp @ Ram Ganga Resort, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttranchal

A photograph clicked at Jim Corbett where this Slider-net was hanging on a Street Lamp of the resort. Although I don't find it very interesting as compared other Slider nets shared on Frozen Moments.

Boy having holy bath at Golden Temple, Amritsar (Punjab State of India) || Beginning of New Year 2012

This photograph is clicked on 1st Jan, 2012. This Boy was having holy bath at Golden Temple on a chilling morning with mist all around. 

There were lot of folks from various parts of Punjab and surrounding states at Golden Temple. I have been to this place many times, but this time it was too much crowded and there was hardly some space to freely move around. Everyone wanted to start the New Year with God's blessing.