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.
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4 comments:

  1. Zhoen28 June 2009 at 02:47

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

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  2. pohanginapete28 June 2009 at 12:13

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

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  3. Chapa29 June 2009 at 10:39

    Great shot!

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  4. pohanginapete29 June 2009 at 16:37

    Thanks Chapa!

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