Sunlight burns through the early morning mists..
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Picture of early morning light taken at Kopua Monastery
September 27, 2013 | Categories: light , mist , morning | Tags: Hildegard von Bingen , Kopua Cistercian Monastery | 2 Comments
A certain stillness..
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Picture taken shortly after sunrise at Kopua Cistercian Monastery
September 27, 2013 | Categories: light , mist , morning | Tags: Hildegard von Bingen , Kopua Monastery , Southern Star Abbey , Trappists | Leave a comment
..and now you don’t:
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Picture of a solitary fisherman taken on Payyambalam beach, Kannur
September 9, 2013 | Categories: light , loneliness , sea | Tags: Evening light , Evening Ragas , Fisherman , Kannur , Pandit Jasraj , Raga Darbari | 4 Comments
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Picture taken outside Fort Cochin’s seminary chapel
July 30, 2013 | Categories: light , morning | Tags: Debussy: Arabesque I , Fort Cochin , Morning light and colour | 10 Comments
Whenever a new venture is about to start in Kerala, be it grand or relatively modest, an inauguration ceremony launches the project.apotropaic prayer .
It is a custom which unites Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jains and even the Marxist Communists of this state.
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Picture taken at the inauguration of a new ayurvedic centre at Tom’s Old Mansion in Fort Cochin, Kerala
July 29, 2013 | Categories: beginnings , custom , light | Tags: Apotropaic , Ayurvedic treatments , Inaugurations , Tom's Old Mansion | 2 Comments
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Picture taken after Compline in the Abbey Church of Mount Saint Bernard’s Trappist monastery, Leicestershire, England
July 27, 2013 | Categories: darkness , light , night | Tags: Compline , Mount St Bernard Trappist Monastery , Nunc dimittis , Psalm 119 (118) | 2 Comments
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Picture taken after Vespers in the Trappist monastery of Mount Saint Bernard, Leicestershire, England
July 26, 2013 | Categories: evening , light | Tags: Mount St Bernard Trappist Monastery , Psalm 113 (112) , Vespers | 1 Comment
“And the darkness comprehended it not..”
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(This chant sounds musically far more Orthodox than Catholic to me…)
Picture taken in Milan Cathedral
June 3, 2013 | Categories: darkness , light | Tags: Apotropaic , John 1:5 , Milan Cathedral , Psalm 110 (109) | 10 Comments
Today Shaji and Dalila are away at a family celebration.
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Picture taken in the Sri Krishna Café, Fort Cochin
April 27, 2013 | Categories: light , shade | Tags: Breakfast , Fast food restaurants , Fort Cochin , Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Op.30 no.6 in F sharp , Sri Krishna Café | 2 Comments
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Picture taken in Fort Cochin
March 1, 2013 | Categories: light , night | Tags: Fort Cochin , Nightlight , Sicut Cervus | 2 Comments
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Picture taken in the Halebidu temple complex, Karnataka.
February 22, 2013 | Categories: light , shadow , temple | Tags: Halebidu , Into the light , J S Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor , Karnataka | 2 Comments
Coming or going..
Picture taken in the temple at Belur, Karnataka.
February 18, 2013 | Categories: light , shadow | Tags: Belur , Karnataka , Temple | Leave a comment
Revisiting the temples of Halebidu .
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I last visited Halebidu almost two years ago.
February 7, 2013 | Categories: light , shadow | Tags: Halebidu , Hinduism , Karnataka , Priest | Leave a comment
“Noli me tangere”
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Picture taken beside the garden of Kurisumala Monastery
January 31, 2013 | Categories: light , meetings | Tags: Garden , Kurisumala Monastery , Light , Mary Magdalen , Noli me tangere | 6 Comments
After None light and shade
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Picture of the monk’s refectory taken at Kurisumala Trappist Monastery, Kerala
January 28, 2013 | Categories: afternoon , light , monastery , shade | Tags: Kerala , Kurisumala Monastery , Liturgy of the Hours: None , Refectory , Tchaikovsky: None but the lonely hearts | 6 Comments
Seeking darshan .
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Picture shows a group of visiting pilgrims taking refreshment in Kurisumala’s refectory
January 23, 2013 | Categories: light , refreshment | Tags: Ashram , Darshana , Kerala , Kurisumala Monastery | 4 Comments
High in the quiet hills of Kerala, is Kurisumala , India’s only Trappist Monastery.
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January 22, 2013 | Categories: light , paths , retreat | Tags: Cistercians , India , Kerala , Kurisumala Monastery , trappist monastery | 4 Comments
Early morning
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Picture taken shortly before six-thirty, in a Fort Cochin lane.
January 9, 2013 | Categories: darkness , light | Tags: Dawn , First Light , Fort Cochin , Rajendra Teredesai - Bansur / Bamboo flute - Breath of the dawn | 4 Comments
Open-air, nighttime Mass in Fort Cochin
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January 6, 2013 | Categories: darkness , light , night | Tags: Fort Cochin , Light and Darkness | 2 Comments
A detail from yesterday’s image re-examined
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“Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.” From Rabindranath Tagore’s Stray Birds: verse 10.
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The quotation was suggested by S Etole at Just… a moment This is the original image
December 28, 2012 | Categories: detail , evenings , light , shadow | Tags: A closer look , Evening light , Fort Cochin , Mozart: Clarinet Quintet , Rabindranath Tagore , Re-examining , Stray Birds | 6 Comments
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December 27, 2012 | Categories: afternoon , light , shadow | Tags: Chiaroscuro , Fort Cochin , Mozart: Clarinet Quintet | Leave a comment
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Anu makes a final inspection of the roof terrace.
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December 25, 2012 | Categories: Christmas , darkness , light | Tags: Christmas Eve , Kings College Choir , O Holy Night | 9 Comments
The games start at seven – just as soon as there’s enough light to play.
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Picture taken in Fort Cochin
December 8, 2012 | Categories: games , light , morning | Tags: Badminton , Benjamin Britten: Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge , Fort Cochin , Morning light | 2 Comments
Chapel lights and shadows
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Picture taken in Fort Cochin
December 7, 2012 | Categories: chapel , light , shadow | Tags: Fort Cochin , Morning light , Tallis Scholars , Thomas Tallis: O Nata Lux | 6 Comments
Cochin chiaroscuro.
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