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BHAIRAVA
April 13 - June 29, 2013
When he was unable to rent a large passenger van with seatbelts as I'd requested for our trip through South India, Boopathy Jayaraman gathered together all of his savings and, with the blessings of his wife and daughter, went out and purchased a brand-new Tempo Traveller, the first vehicle he'd ever owned. He called it Bhairava. These photographs, taken principally by our drivers Boopathy Jayaraman and his brother-in-law Gajendra Subramanyam, materialized before dawn and after dark, in forests and shops, in temples and at the dinner table. Like Shiva's bull, Nandi, and Vishnu's eagle, Garuda, most Hindu deities are portrayed with a vahana, a divine vehicle. Over the course of four weeks of companionship and five thousand kilometers of Indian roads. seven of us (four westerners and three Indians) shared a most magical vehicle, the remarkable Bhairava. |
BHAIRAVA is a ferocious
form of Shiva and an
excellent protector
against harm. Traveling
in his care through
Karnataka, Kerala and
Tamil Nadu were:
Boopathy Jayaraman
Gajendra Subramanyam
TSJ Deenanath
Susan Burbidge
Alex Pla Delmulle
Tim Hamill &
Bobbi Hamill
form of Shiva and an
excellent protector
against harm. Traveling
in his care through
Karnataka, Kerala and
Tamil Nadu were:
Boopathy Jayaraman
Gajendra Subramanyam
TSJ Deenanath
Susan Burbidge
Alex Pla Delmulle
Tim Hamill &
Bobbi Hamill
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