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He was kind enough to let me take his picture... I sat next to him to show him the result and also requested him to quit smoking... His face expression changed, and he showered me with blessings for asking him to do that... I wish I had asked his name... and I wish he gets happier !!!

God Bless !

Head On...

Head On..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

A few things in life are more fun... when you deal with them HEAD ON !!!

Dancing for the Moment...

Dancing for the Moment..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Collector's Item...

Collector's Item..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

NO, not the tap... WATER... it sure would be something worth a collector's item soon if we don't stop wasting it...

Spill...

Spill..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Let the Goodness spill all over, and the badness confined...

Pick and Throw...

Pick and Throw..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Something that a lot of flower vendors do... remove the not so good flowers from the sacks and ensure that the flowers can stay fresh for longer... Still from the flower market near Fatehpuri, Khari Baoli, Old Delhi...

Everything Must Go..

Everything Must Go.., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

The flower market near Fatehpuri does brisk business everyday between 0300 hrs to 0800 hrs... The prices also keep going down as the sun rises because its important that the entire stock is sold..

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Saturdays are when you can see boxes like these all around on the streets dedicated to the Shani Dev...

ShaniDev likes Mustard Seeds, Mustard Oil as offerings in the prayers...

Still from the flower market near Fatehpuri Masjid in Old Delhi...

Brunch...

Brunch..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

The last from Kurukshetra here...

Some more pictures I would be posting on Chai Ki Dukaan Soon...

Shades of Me...

Shades of Me..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Picture taken by Ashish ( my cousin)...
Thanks Sharanya and Ashu for the editing suggestions... here we go... a joint result here :)

From the Past...

From the Past..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Kurukshetra, in addition to a religious site, is an important excavation site... There is a place called Harsh Ka teela which is where a lot of sites like in the picture were hidden...

Sheikh Chilli Ka Maqbara

Sheikh Chilli Ka Maqbara, originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

This is the tomb associated with Sufi Saint Abd-Ur-Rahim or Abudul-Karim popularly known as Sheikh Chilli (AD 1650)

Models are not born... They are MADE :)

Models are not born... They are MADE :), originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Another one of the nice pictures clicked by a friend and processed too...

ME...

ME..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Thanks to a very dear friend who clicked, and processed this picture...

Thanks Sweetheart

Multiplication of Sound

Multiplication of Sound, originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Bells at the Bhadrakali Temple in Kurukshetra, Haryana...

Meditate...

Meditate..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

My father at the Brahmn Sarovar..

Swings...

Swings..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Donation Box

Donation Box, originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

These are common in temples all around, and lot of the maintenance expenditure is taken care of by the money collected in boxes like these...

Goga Singh...

Goga Singh..., originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Goga Singh has been singing at the Jyotisar Temple complex since 2001... He sings at one corner of the pond in the compound and his voice can be heard anywhere in the entire compound with amazing clarity... A wonderful singer and nice person at heart, he sang a few Bhajans when my father requested him too as well..

Seen here, he is singing the bBhajan Govind Hare Gopal Hare...

God bless !!!

Evening Bells

Evening Bells, originally uploaded by ~OM~ ॐ छाया चित्रालय.

Still from the Jyotisar Temple in Kurukshetra, Haryana... Jyotisar is said to be the birthplace of Shrimad Bhagwad Gita... The temple compound has two very very old banyan trees, and a large pond... This place is said to be in the middle of both the Armies (Kauravas and Pandavas) at the time of Mahabharata...