“Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it’s produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.”
~ Ken Robinson
It was an ordinary evening in Varanasi that we were boating along the river Ganges. The lights on the ghats turned on one by one as the dusk fell over the city. The priests were waving the lamps towards the holy river Ganges to perform the evening aarti, which is a ritual performed regularly on the famous Dasaswamedh Ghat in Varanasi. The tapering flames of the lamps were clearly visible from a distance. The reflection of lights in the rippling water made the scene extraordinary. It looked like the water caught fire. 🙂
I tried to capture the view with my Sony Cyber Shot W-190. But, I was standing in the middle of a moving rowing boat and made quite an effort to maintain my balance. 🙂 So, you can see, most of the images became blurry. That time I was upset and thought about deleting these images. But thank god, I didn’t! Now when I look back these ordinary images they remind me of those ‘extra’ ordinary moments in Varanasi.
Published in response to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: (Extra)ordinary.
Nice Blog… Best Wishes Always!
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Thank you 🙂
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Beautiful! Extraordinary moments indeed 🙂
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🙂
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You are right Moon. The reflection in water looks like flames. The very idea of standing in the middle of the boat, trying to capture the beauty around at night is interesting and romantic as well.
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It was magical, watching the aarti from the boat, Somali 🙂 Thank you.
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The blurriness added to its own beauty………… Lovely view………
Natureram
Nutriram
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Thank you for dropping by and sharing your valuable comment.
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What I mean is…
How did you find the people? Still the same arrogance? Are they mellowed by time?
Those rampant oxen, who used to held the traffic for hours, just because they didn’t want to budge, are they mild enough?
Is Benaras still beautiful in morning, when the Pandas walk like a dainty girl, avoiding the trash, while chanting Rudrashtadhyayi?
O my namesake! How did you find my birthplace? Is Bholenath still in search of ganja?
You are blessed to visit him.
http://theopalmoon.blogspot.in/2015/09/benaras.html?m=1
http://theopalmoon.blogspot.in/2015/04/the-actor.html?m=1
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Varanasi has an eternal charm…the super chaotic streets, the narrow and dirty alleys, running into cows and oxen on the roads, morning prayers and evening aartis and especially the rituals on the ghats all day long – are some things that, perhaps, will never change in Benaras 🙂 Btw, your story of Benaras is an interesting read. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice post, Beautiful clicks
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Thank you. Glad you liked them 🙂
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great post! There’s no such thing as an ‘ordinary’ night in Varanasi I’m thinking! 🙂
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Hahaa…perhaps, you are right! 🙂
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Beautiful rendering on light on the river. (including the blurry ones!)
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Thank you 🙂
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These shots are really lovely.. If those blurred shots that you thought were to be deleted turns out to be so good, I can very well imagine how extra ordinary the sight must have been…
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Thank you 🙂
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