Roger's Amazing Shot !

I'm listening to..

Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh's - "Wooly Bully" A Hall of Fame. A Hall
of Fame entrant from the 60's.

Nostalgic as I used to hear my Dad play the vinyl way back......

http://www.samthesham.com/base2bz.htm

Sick Paki journalism...

An example of completely regressive mentality of Paki journalism....surely State-sponsored. And this is in response to BSF raising an 'all women' Battalion. Can't see women getting their due....ha !

Read more at this link...
http://dailymailnews.com/0909/08/FrontPage/FrontPage5.php










Let me know your views.

An artist's view of the Holy City....

This angle provided an interesting persective. A soldier of the past staring at awe at the dam under construction...

 

Will the real Sadhu please stand up !

Omkareshwar Temple Visit - Aug 2009

 

Stunning contrast of Vermilion and Saffron...

 

These priests are the ones who run the show and hold absolute control of the Sanctum Sanctorum...

 

Puja in progress. Col Pandey and my coursemate Col Goswami with me...

Local 'high'

 
This is what the place is famous for...well...Mr. Big B **DID** make it famous with Rekha..but then that's a different story altogether...

 

Nishan Sahib of the Gurudwara in Omkareshwar and the Temple in the background. Can secularism get more pronounced ?

Walking the alleys...Omkareshwar Temple...

Me and Col Pandey making our way through the alleys of Omkareshwar Temple. It is a drive of about 77kms from Indore.

The name Omkareshwar derives from the word Om, which signifies the most sacred Hindu symbol. This island is shaped like the Om and is about 2km long and 1km wide.It is one of the holiest Hindu sites in India by virtue of the presence a jyotirlingam, one of the twelve in India.

As you probably know by now, the lingam is the symbol of Lord Shiva and there must be simply thousands of them in India.

The jyotirlingam or the lingam of light, however, is special. It is believed to derive currents of power from within itself as opposed to an ordinary lingam which is ritually invested with mantra shakti (power invested by chants) by the priests.

On a map here it is...
View Larger Map