These faces are more a pilgrimage into a realm of fantasy. I am trying to freeze the emotion on a face, dissolved in the intensity of a song. All these years I stubbornly believed that someday I will share their simple domain of faith, where, after a life torn in earthly things, a singing prayer will count more than haven. Sociology says that religion was born only when ancient clans got urbanized, as it was basically a tool to give authenticity to necessary social laws. Simple human faith in India always manifested itself in the form of lyrics—be it Kabir, be it Tulsidas. A praying face—a singing heart-- is a human identity devoid of any boundary, counting only in precious, innocent moments, dissolving in tears. Life simply is a flow of basic faith, and that’s the beauty of it. I exist, because I believe. And I sing, because I know that I exist in an intense and brilliantly mortal life.

SOUL SONG

Pandharpur. Maharashtra
Barpeta. Assam
Puruliya, West Bengal
Faguya, Assam
Kumbhamela, Allahabad, U.P.
Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Puri, Odisha
Majuli Island, Assam
Majuli Island, Assam
Pushkar, Rajasthan
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
Imphal, Manipur
A Village, Chattisgarh
Daoji, U.P.
Kumbhamela, Allahabad, U.P.
Baidyanath Dham, Jharkhand
Gangasagar, West Bengal
Benaras, U.P.
Barsana, U.P.
Sonepur, Bihar
Puri, Odisha
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
Barsana, U.P.

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