Saturday Photohunt - Anniversary

Today is the Anniversary of Lord Ganesh!
GANPATI BAPPA MORYA!!

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Skywatch Friday

The Mumbai sky at dusk when the rains have taken a break.
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Thursday challenge - MUSIC (Singing, Dancing, Playing, Instruments, iPods, Concerts,...)

The team of Govindas who have arrived to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna, by forming a human pyramid and breaking the pot hung above.
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ABC Wednesday - H

Hilla Towers in Lalbaug, Mumbai. The apartments in this tower are exclusively for Parsis/Irani Zorastrians.
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MyWorld

Finishing touches being given to the idol of Lord Ganesh whose festival will start on 11sep10.
This is in one of the workshops in Kalina, Mumbai.
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Monochrome mania

The ruins of Vasai fort in North Mumbai.

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Camera critters

Mother and child at breakfast.
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Saturday Photohunt - Hot

The view from Vasai fort on a Hot Mumbai afternoon.
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Skywatch Friday

The 'Dahi Handi' or the pot of curds tied enticingly to lure the 'Govindas' to come and break it and feast thereafter. The clear blue sky offsets it beautifully. Thankfully the rains stayed away.
Yesterday was 'Janmashtami' - birthday of Lord Krishna who loved milk and milk products. It is celebrated all over the country in various ways. In Mumbai and Maharashtra there are these pots tied up and 'Govindas' (another name for Krishnas) come in huge groups and form human pyramids and break them to be rewarded handsomely by the organiser.
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Thursday Challenge - TECHNOLOGY (Machines, Gears, Engines, Mobile Phones, Laptops, Wires, Toy, Robots,...)

Technology used in constructing the fabulous bridge in Mumbai.
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ABC Wednesday - G for Green

A green patch in Vakola, a suburb of Mumbai, giving way to an apartment complex.
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Freedom in My World

Freedom for this man is to earn his livelihood on the streets of Mumbai.
This has been posted as part of the contest at Blogadda
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Monochrome mania

The Bandra Worli Sealink from the Bandra Fort in Black and White.

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Camera Critters - Moo

A milch cow tethered for fresh milk in Vakola,a suburb of Mumbai.
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Saturday Photohunt - Framed

A morning at the milkman's in Vakola, a suburb of Mumbai.
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Skywatch Friday

The Mumbai sky on 22aug10 at 7.25pm.
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Thursday Challenge - "FUN" (Festival, Fair, Carnival, Party, Playground, Dancing, Laughing,...)

Having fun at the Indibloggers Mumbai meet!
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ABC Wednesday - F for Freedom Fighter

Freedom Fighter Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi also known as Father of our Nation, has a museum dedicated to him in Mumbai.
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MyWorld

The staff of the Hotel Sea Princess attired in the National dress on our Independence Day waiting to serve the bloggers at the Indibloggers Mumbai meet on 15aug10.
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Monochrome mania

A niche at the Vasai fort.
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Camera critters

A crow quenching thirst at the lotus pond on Bandra fort.
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Saturday Photo hunt - Numerical

This is Firoze Shakir known as Photographer Number 1 introducing himself at the Indiblogger meet held in Mumbai. He is a very prolific photographer. He has something like 129844 images on flickr! He is a poet too! A multi talented street photographer! A wonderful human being!
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Skywatch Friday

The Mumbai monsoon sky.
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Thursday Challenge - CREATIVITY (Art, Music, Writing, Photography, Architecture, Handicraft,...)

An avid photographer at the Bandra fort trying to capture the ambiance.
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