Advent Of Our Festival

To make the ALOK REKHAY'S 7th members exhibition a memorable one, we have published a Bengali Calander of 1417. The Calender has 12 pictures. One picture of each of our 12 members is placed on each month. The pictures mainly depicts the place of interest, ie, Photo Travel. My picture titled "Gaddisar Lake" placed in the first month BAISAKH. The picture is given hereunder:-

GADDISAR LAKE

BUGLE WITH DANCE

Title:- DANCE ON ROAD




During Rath Yatra procession the people who join the procession they use to dance to lead the procession. A such scene is presented in the above picture titled " Dance On Road" where ladies dance. Many other pictures of Rath Yatra are placed earlier in this blog.

Rath Yatra is a festival which mainly performed in Eastern India in Monsoon. It is said that Lord Jagannath goes to his Maternal Uncle's house every year with his elder brother Balaram and sister Suvadra in Chariot. The picture below titled "BLOW INTO CONCH" depicts the mood of Lord Jagannath is being carried from his maternal uncle's house to chariot on his way back. It is said that Lord Jagannath is the other form of KRISHNA.

Title:- BLOW INTO CONCH




Title:- MERRY CHRISTMAS



The above picture titled MERRY CHRISTMAS shows the offerings of flowers to Merry by the girl children who were leading the procession. They were leading the procession from one Church to another on a busy road of Kolkata.
Title:- BADNA A FESTIVAL OF DANCE



BADNA is a festival of Santhal Tribes of India. This festival is performed by playing various instruments by the menfolk of the tribe while the ladies dance with the rhythm of the music. This festival is performed to welcome good harvest. A sceme of BADNA festival is on display above through a picture.

Title:- WELCOME OF DURGA


Once DURGA PUJA was a festival of Bengal now people from every sphere of life, religion,etc, join to take part in this festival. Goddess Durga every year with her 4 children comes to her mother's house in earth to demolish evils. The worshiping of an idle DURGA is photographed and is being exhibited. The picture titled "WELCOM OF DURGA" is placed above.

Title:- JOY OF AUTUMN


ALOK REKHAY is organising from 28th March to 2nd April 2010 it's 7th Photographic Exposition at GAGANENDRA PRADARSASALA in Calcutta Information Centre. There are on display 64 nos of 18X12" size framed photographs taken by it's 15 members. Out of those mine 7 nos of photographs on the theme of ADVENT OF OUR FESTIVAL are there in the Exhibition. The first picture titled "JOY OF AUTUMN" which depicts the out come of AUTUMN. The picture is placed above:-

Puskar Fair 2008

The pictures titled Waiting Of A Caravan and Morning Rays In A Camel Fair are inclued herein early. I used a 500 GB External Hard Disk of Seagate to store those images which got crashed and datas could not be easily recovered but at a cost of Rs.40000.00(Rupees Forty Four Thousand)only which is very costly and difficult for me to bear.

Title:- PUSKAR CAMEL FAIR



Title:- FAIR PLEASURE



Title:- DUSK IN DESERT


The other pictures are pasted here for getting glimpse of the fair.


Title:- CAMEL FAIR


In July 2009 at Academy of Fine Arts the 6th exhibition of ALOK REKHAY was organised. My 8 photographs of Puskar Fair which I took in 2008 took place therein. The Puskar Fair, is a biggest cattle fair of INDIA being held every year before the Full Moon of Kartick Month. This is mainly a fair of Camel where camels are being brought from differnt parts of India for sale. Four of those pictures are given here.