Tag: Religion
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Fun-fair Ganesha
Popular places of Hindu worship, with their newly created temples and statues of the gods, are more often than not in bad taste. At Hardwar for example, where this picture was taken, there is a long row of new temples that seem to compete for first prize in cheap and kitschy design. How come? These…
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And the guardian deity remains imperturbed
Are the tree roots going to destroy the Gopura or are they supporting the structure and preventing it from falling apart? I think they are doing both. The building can easily tolerate the slow advances of the tree, at first but after some time the roots start showing their destructive power. They loosen the coherence…
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