Qalandar

Dog cart

Une figure bien connue dans la partie est de Montréal

Khajuraho

Khajuraho 1988 © YR "the appetites and passions of the flesh"

Gosain Mahant

Famous Gosain Mahant, photograph taken After Death.  (Russell, R. V., Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, 1916, vol III. (Reprint Anthropological Publications, Oosterhout N.B. - The Netherlands, 1969)

- "Gosain, Gusain, Sanniâsi, Dasnâmi - A name for the orders of religious mendicants of the Sivite sect, from which a caste has now developed." (etc.)
- "A dead Sanniasi is always buried in the sitting attitude of religious contemplation with the legs crossed. The grave may be dug with a side receptacle for the corpse so that the earth, on being filled in, does not fall on it. [....] Sometimes cocoanuts are broken on the skull, to crack it and give exit to the soul. Perhaps the idea of burial and of preserving the corpse with salt is that the body of an ascetic does not need to be purified by fire from the appetites and passions of the flesh like that of an ordinary Hindu... (etc.) (Russell, iii, p 150, p 158)

Rock Garden, Chandigarh

Nek Chand's Rock Garden, Chandigarh.  1986 © YR

One day over 40 years ago, Nek Chand, a humble transport official in the north Indian city of Chandigarh, began to clear a little patch of jungle to make himself a small garden area. He set stones around the little clearing and before long had sculpted a few figures recycled from materials he found at hand. Gradually Nek Chand's creation developed and grew; before long it covered several acres and comprised of hundreds of sculptures set in a series of interlinking courtyards. (more)

Nek Chand's Rock Garden, Essay with 25 photographs by Carl Lindquist

Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.  1982 © YR

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