Out of all of the pictures I took today, there are two that really were amazing for
me to take. They are of the children, and of the Hindi temple. When we visited a Hindi temple in Delhi, we were first required to take our shoes off. We then had to walk across the street with our shoes off to get to the temple. Because it had been raining a few hours before, we were basically sliding through the cold marble floors of the temple, once we finally got in. I took a picture of some of the people sweeping the floors of the temple. They do not get paid to do this. They volunteered. Hindus believe that people should practice acts of unselfish service, and this is what the men in the photo of the temple with the huge black and white marble floors where doing. There was such devotion, such dedication in the eyes of these people who came to the temple. I watched as they gave donations, and recited prayers to their gods. I wondered how some people who seemed so worn down, and who had so little, could give so much unselfishly.
Friday, 11 March 2011 23:19
Letters From India: A College Student's Journey
Photo by Amberly Ellis
Like most of us, I have always heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. There is something so priceless about photographs because they have the ability to break through barriers of language and translate universal ideas, and even reveal truths. In all the pictures that I saw of India prior to my arrival, I do not think that anything I saw captures the feelings of seeing and feeling the vibrancy of India.
It's been almost two days that I have been in Delhi, and on Saturday, we will go to Amritsar, then to Agra (where the Taj Mahal is located) and last, Jaipur before we leave in January. There are nine of us in my group, we have two guides and a professor, and they have worked very hard to open our eyes to viewing India in a traditional sense and a non traditional sense. Although my stay has been short up to this point, the experiences that I have gained have changed so much about my perception of everything. Thus far, I have taken a ton of pictures, but I wanted to share just a few of them with you all because they are images of some of the experiences that really impacted me.
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