Over there… On the other side… Where the sun sets… Or maybe… The moon…that rises… Veils of twirling simmering smoke… There are shades of You… Even in your anger…one reaches out… To feel you…where you reach out… To heal them…seal them…. (poem by Atamjot...
“To the plateau they come and go – mountain climbers, pilgrims, discoverers, volcanologists, tourists, storytellers. They speak of broken heights and transformed terrains – of eruptions and calamities long, long time ago: an immense volcanic memory remembered only by some deathless stones. Once in a...
Mt. Bromo is an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. It lies within a 16-km wide caldera, known as the Tengger caldera. On the northern tip of the Tengger caldera lies another active volcano, called Sumeru. The Tengger caldera is a large depression in the land, formed through a volcanic...
Spontaneity is the essence of creativity. One needs to go beyond the controlling nature of mind, drop inhibitions, be free. In this childlike state, we become a mystic. Here I was at the Namgyal Lhatse Monastery in Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh, India), and the weather with constant raining, was clearly not...
Sometimes the act of photographing a simple object can be the catalyst to a thought! At around 23 km from Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh – Eastern India) lies the serene Penga Teng Tso (PT Tso) lake, at a height of 12,000 feet, surrounded by snow capped mountains. This lake has a...
Catching the moment! A Tengger (ethnic Indonesian Hindu tribe living around Mount Bromo) horseman was speeding on the volcanic ash in the caldera surrounding Mount Bromo volcano and I was fortunate to capture this shot right when the horse had all the four legs in the mid air. Click photo...
One third of the world’s active volcanoes lie in Indonesia. One such active volcano, a three hour drive from Surabaya in East Java, is Mount Bromo (Javanese for Brahma, the Hindu god of Creation / fire). Mount Bromo is actually a fuming crater lying within a much larger crater (caldera)....
Yamdrok-tso (Yamdrok Lake) is located about 110 km southwest of Lhasa in Tibet at a height of 14,750 feet. The lake has a distinct azure blue color, which accentuates due to reflection of the sky. It is 638 sq. km in size, extending 130 km from east to west and...
Madakaripura Waterfalls are located deep inside the valley in the foothills of the Tengger range in Sapih village, Lombang district, East Java, Indonesia. In a compact area of about 50 meters, there are many waterfalls dropping from the thick mountain forests at a height of about 200 metres. To reach...
Just because one is in a perceived exotic place like Hawaii, it does not mean the camera can easily capture the perfect drama of clouds, beaches, mist, sun, etc. Being surrounded by natures interplay, may still mean one is not able to see beyond seeing. It doesn’t mean one can...