PHOTO BLOG INDEX
- Christmas Safari across Costa Rica in Central America, December 2010
- Durga Pujo and Thanksgiving 2010 in Dallas
- Prague, Karlovy Vary and Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic, May 2010
- Memoirs of our Indian adventure across Saputara and Mahabaleshwar, May 2010
- Uma's Odissi Dance Performances at the Sri Kalamandir Annual Recital, February 2010
- 2010 Family Portraits - Vignettes to Treasure!
- Uma's Debut Vocal Performance - Duet with Sanchita, January 2010
- Christmas 2009 Cruise across the Eastern Caribbean and tour of happening Miami
- Uma's Odissi Dance Performance at the Durga Pujo in Dallas, September 2009
- Sanchita's Indian Classical Vocal Performance at the Sangeetam Music Academy's Spring Recital, 2009
- Solitude at Carmel-By-The-Sea, 2009
- The Gorgeous German towns of Heidelberg, Speyer and Schweitzinger, 2009
- Vacation in Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam over Christmas, 2008
- Uma's Odissi Performances at the First Annual Recital of the Sri Kalamandir Dance Academy, Nov 2008
- Adventure across Portugal, 2008
- Vignettes of Toronto, Canada, 2008
- The Mustangs of Las Colinas, Dallas, February 2008
- Uma's First Solo Indian Classical Dance Performance, 2008
- Our Greek Odyssey across Athens, Delphi, Olympia and Santorini, December 2007
- Vignettes from our adventures in Dallas, TX (2001-07)
- Vacation in San Antonio, TX - July 2007
- Uma's Bengali Folk Dance Performance in Dallas, TX, October 2007
- Uma's 7th Birthday in Dallas, TX, June 2007
- A Chameleon named Uma, 6 years, Dallas, TX, December 2006
- Sanchita and Uma's Performances at the North American Bengali Conference (NABC), Houston, TX, July 2006
- Uma's 6th Birthday in Dallas, TX, June 2006
- Vacation in "La Ville Magnifique"- Paris, France, May 2006
- Maharaja Cruise to Mexico and Key West, Florida, December 2005
- Uma's First Indian Classical Dance Performance in Dallas, October 2005
- Uma's 5th Birthday in Dallas, TX, June 2005
- Vacation in Disney World, Orlando, Florida, May 2005
- Uma's Debut Dance Performance in Dallas, TX, October 2004
- Vacation in Vancouver and Victoria Island, Canada, September 2004
- Uma's 4th Birthday in Dallas, TX, June 2004
- Roman Holiday in Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice), May 2004
- Uma's 3rd Birthday in Dallas, TX, June 2003
- Vacation in Los Angeles and Disney Land, Anaheim, CA, May 2003
- Invoking the Divine Feminine at the spectacular Durga Puja in Kolkata, India, October 2002
- Vacation in Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon, May 2002
- Uma's 2nd Birthday in Dallas, TX
- Vacation in Hawaii - Maui and the Big Island, December 2001
- The Advent of Uma De and her First Year in Toronto, Canada, 2000
- Vacation in New York City, December 1998
- Andy's Masters Degree Convocation Ceremonies in the US, Israel and Canada
- Andy and Sanchita's Wedding in India and Honeymoon across Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore, 1992
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The tradition of worship of the Divine Feminine was common to Hinduism, the Hellenistic traditions of Greece, the Isian traditions of Egypt as well as among the native Indians of South and Central America. While the Greek, Egyptian and native Indian traditions (from South and Central America) have been rendered extinct due to politico-religio-economic conquests and crusades, the Hindu tradition has survived the passage of time over 6000 years!
The Goddess Durga (the Mother Goddess) who is particularly revered in Eastern India is worshipped to this day with pomp, splendor and pageantry in West Bengal. These photos bear evidence to the devotion, the spectacular worksmanship and the celebration, that the advent of the Mother Goddess invokes in Kolkata, each year. All of Kolkata is literally transformed into a festive city and is adorned with mesmerizing illumination, the vibrant beating of ceremonial drums, the mellifluous sounds of conch shells, and the aroma of incense, as it welcomes the Goddess from her home in the Himalayas, in true East Indian Hindu tradition!
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