Mother Bharat - India

The Universal Form poster

some think India is a poor place where so many are always starving

This is a view of Annakut ceremony at Govardhan, and all prasadam is freely distributed
(sure there are times of flood and plague when some suffer due to emergencies, but many temples cover that too)

a boat going down the Ganges laden with food for poor villages

FFL global

Mayapur boat parties distribution

a make shift kitchen cooking for the masses on parikrama

cooking for the masses - close up by Gopal Guru dasa

Feeding the masses

covered vegetablemarket Mysore - South India

ar re baba - the mystic Humalayas, here showing a naturally formed om sign in the snow

a bull attending a Bhagavat Saptah

kids on their way to day school

the school bus

We have another page called "What is and what is NOT the yuga dharma", many more like this there

this is another one for the above mentioned site "What is and what is NOT the yuga dharma"

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catching the sun?

Surya namaskara

begger - mode of goodness

speciality act - blowing flute through nose - begger

another beggar

blind musicians - beggars

moving to begging position

lepper begging

begging outside the temple

recycling area

let sleeping dogs lay

charming fellow

snake charmer

street urchins

lady leppar begging

funeral pyre by the Ganges

we have the best prices in the bazaar - no bull

barber continues doing business after the earthquakes in the Gujarat

performing sadhana @ Kumba-mela

a "sadhu" optimizing his market clientele by sporting the clothing of a Hindu sannyasi, and huge "tilak" to match, and rudraksha beads, as well as the beard of a Muslim fakir and the rosary with the picture of Jesus round his neck.

nice bathing tank - kunda

Gateway of India in Calabar with Taj Inter-continental Hotel on left

Menekshi temple in Madurai, South India

Earthquake in the Gujarat

what used to be houses and lanes..........

The devotees to the rescue

Bhumi shakes it about a bit

Holi celebrations at Varsana the air thick with coloired powders that have been thrown

self manifest "lion rock" shrine to Lord Narasimhadev in Madras on the beach.

some of these babas will go to extremes to make sure they get good reception when the cricket is on

Christian missionaries who approach us and try and show us why we should be like them - now there's a good reason not to be 

Here is proof that the Pipal tree remains more sacred than the footbal game

Final in the football results:

 Mayavadis-all  1    -    Sadhu Wanderers 3

........notice the lotus footwork !

Indian cricket central

the bhais making leg byes

remember the days when it used to be Krishna's or Govinda's, Gopal's or even Gandhi's???

portable computer Indian style

hahaha but at least my little bike doesn't have to have trainer wheels

I think we are getting full, room for a few more on top........

yes that's more like it, watch that bridge

having a few friends over for some bhajans..........

where did that follow go who was handing out Rs. 500 notes?
 

Go mutra, the natural way to antiseptic wash for your hair
.....good for the liver too if drunk

this is at a temple at Ganeshpuri where they see the rat carrier of the elephant headed Deva Ganesh as a devotee serving his lord,
and his decendents, the rats there are also served as his devotees

and there's the rat carrier bottom right

om gang ganapataye namah
 

catching the morning bus with work mates
 

some things, like this graduation assembly picture, are not so sacred

sleep is not a problem in India, where to sleep that is sometimes a problem

a new age baba, with cell phone and cigarette

on a hot day a monkey stops for a refreshing cold coke

there's a lot in a name eh

yes good luck if you eat ice creams from these street vendors

ice waiting to be transported, yes probably for your next cold drink or ice cream vendor

give a doggie a break, its hot out

Delhi ice cream walla

the family bike

Bhaktisiddhanta Swami in the villages in Vraj

beautiful Radhe at Varsana

simple living

followers of Madhwacharya from Uttaradhi mutt (Satyatma Tirtha Swami) doing the puja at an outdoor gathering

Radharani's palace @ Varsan - Vraj

Srila Prabhupad's Pushpa samadhi in Mayapur

Mayapur chandradoya mandir gardens 2003

see Mayapur during the floods of 2006

er I think its meant to be Chilled Beer, not child bear

......reminds me of when Kripakara prabhu was Temple President of Iskcon Vrindavan in 1983, he was formerly a Cuban refugee.......any during the festival we asked one new devotee to make a sign so that devotees would not throw their used leaf plates and clay cups off the Gurukul roof, but place them in the bins provided. The sign was written up "Please Do Not Throw Refugees Off The Roof"

And another quick one was when Krishna Balaram Mandir opened their new Snack Bar down stairs,
a sign was written up and placed over the entrance "Krishna Balaram Mandir Snake Bar"

no not a snake bar............

hot dog - original

usually prounouced "Wagina"

more snake charmers

says it all doesn't it?

...........got nothing better to eh

check out these pictures also of our temple compound in Mayapur during the Monsoon floods of 2006

more feats like this HERE

special delivery, one top heavy truck full of hay

I think its just a little over loaded, it does happen you know

come on, get a guy a break, lemme sit down a minute

Driving on the road in India is an experience you'll never forget

View this Mp3 file for a taste

on the way to work Delhi - Agra highway, near Vrindavan

villagers getting around

that's why we took the photograph

too much monkey business in Vrindavan's old temples

a whole family of monkeys in Bengal

taking the short cut (Vrindavan's Radha Govinda temple in the background)

.......in need of "linesman"

......er I think we have our lines crossed

adds a whole new dimension to the Bus conductor's phrase "Room for one more on top"

notice the lone Gouri tourist on top

happy as pigs in stool

this mataji is carrying dried cow patties for buring in the fire, its like solid methane fuel, clean and high temperature for the fire.

heaps more of the same

these two hogs feasting in a nullar drain

hello hello, hello hello

.......we seem to have a crossed line

the generator - the life saviour.......when its 45 degrees celcius plus, and the fans go off,
or the air conditioning unit stops, this is when one appreciates the mighty generator

solar power - hey a sadhu has to have his laptop plugged in somewhere

sanitary refuge inspectors

local train

air conditioned seating - just watch the overhead wires

all aboard

the new Indian style toilet for Eastern and Western users

the regular Indian toilet

improvised toilet seat

surprisingly this is not such a common event, wow but when they do.......

These trucks and busses are built in an old style where they are built like tanks. Quite often they are old paterns of trucks and busses that used to be in England or Germany during the 1940s or 1950s, like British Leyland, now in India as Ashok Leyland.

oka tata horm please

markata viraghya - monkey renunciate

according to Srimad Bhagavatam the monkey species are one of the 400,000 varieties of Human

eh whatzup !!!???

opportunists at work

opportunists on the way to work 

Sadarji with new bride and manual

we deliver anywhere...................

this is the picture that NASA put in the US papers when they landed on the Moon

see the FULL picture below

Aree baba - one great step for mankind nothing, we already had a street vendor waiting for the arrival of the rocket

this is outter space, below is inner space

the local launderette

Indian astronauts

prayers at the bathing ghat

Kumbha-mela in Allahabad 1940s

Here's a good Kumbha mela page

and another HERE

naga babas splashing at kumbha mela

pilgrims bathing at Vishnupadi at Haridwar on the Ganges

this is the side water at Vishnupadi @ Haridwar, the main river Ganges flows strongly to the right

the main river has chains hanging from the bridges in case anyone gets washed away when bathing

notice the chains by the steps too so one can hold on and not get swept away by the raging Ganges here

early morning dip is like liquid ice
 

....its a railway car !!!!

ooooops I missed the train
 

very northern Bharat......well Nepal to tell the truth

I wonder if the sadhu keeps the bandhar (monkey) just to catch fleas and lice in the hair.

India's natural beauty in womanhood

can you imagine going over a viaduct on a train like that, and the track is no wider than the train

much more beautiful - Mona-sundari
 

business was a bit slow and the weather a bit hot

Fresh coconut juice "daab" anyone

Bill Clinton visits a local sabji walla to see how its done

a more up-market fruit walla

roadside dentist

no further comment

local newsagent, newspaper shop
 

camel trains full of hay

yummy

Mayapur barber shop

no entry sign in Mayapur

you figure it out hahaha

add for colgate toothpaste

wisdom from the auto-rickshaw wallas

oh Calcutta.........

okay Tata horn please....elephant will trumpet

Indian mail box

sorry we ran out of ties so we're using his tie

Mumbai airport

school bus

so everyone does

one way to get noticed by the people eh

local village bhais coming back from the fields
 
 

I wonder why it had to be written...............

and he did

what would O.S.H say???

the Rajasthanis hit town

so much for the notion of Nirvana - the concept of peace where there is no action or reaction due to the absence of reaction - the sound of one hand clapping.

well the screams here are the sounds of many Buddhists crapping.

levitating rickshaw walla

elephant with packed lunch

harinaam sankirtan through West Bengal

what traffic crossing???

local chillum baba, note the tamo guna look in the eyes

side.......

.....would you like swastika fries with that? (nothing to do with the above photo)

looking for a good vegetarian place to eat

this is the guy you always get when you ring Microsoft Technical Help

......you may have experienced this, next time ask the technician where they are.
I found most of the ones I got were either in Bombay (Mumbai) or Bangalore

Computer classes for kids in rural India

where'd the rickshaw walla go???

surrogate mother

Indian Army Signals Squadron
 

Indian Navy

too much smog around Delhi these days eh

waste paper removal

Rush Hour

and so are we

street dogs keeping warm round the fire

actually this is no joke, many people drug their victims by giving some food as prasad and the victim wakes up hours later relieved of all their possessions
 

domes of Sri Rangam temple

so buff'

unlike other cats, the Bengal tiger loves water and knows how to cool off in the heat

what a journey

hahaha could have been worse eh

yu-haaaaa

Vrijbasi and son

"Oh I do like to be beside the sea-side, oh I do like to be beside the sea........."

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