27 June 2009

Singer at the rat temple

Rat temple singerHe sits just inside the entrance to the Karni Mata mandir — the Rat Temple — at Deshnoke in western Rajasthan. He plays an old, battered harmonium; he sits among the scurrying of rats and the milling of people and the whirring of pigeons' wings, and his voice sounds like singing from heaven.
All content © 2009 Pete McGregor

4 comments:

Zhoen said...

Heaven chooses it's messengers for it's own reasons.

pohanginapete said...

Zhoen, the sudden, unexpected appearance of something utterly and seemingly incongruous is one of the things that fascinates me about life.

Chapa said...

Great shot!

pohanginapete said...

Thanks Chapa!