India is a land of color. Rich, saturated color. Everywhere you turn, more color, richer, more dazzling than before. For the Hindu, colors play a very important role in the religion and culture and have a very deep significance, much more than just decorative. In essence, color is a large part of the Indian consciousness.
A Sadhu dressed in saffron, the color of holy men and ascetics who have renounced the world. Wearing the color symbolizes the quest for light and truth.
Indians love color. The more intense, the more saturated, the more sodden the colors, the better.
There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and won’t go. For me, India is such a place. When I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land, by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the senses with the pure, concentrated intensity of its colors, smells, tastes, and sounds. It was as if all my life I had been seeing the world in black and white and, when brought face-to-face with India, experienced everything re-rendered in brilliant technicolor.”
___Keith Bellows, National Geographic
But, when I think of India, I think of her women, from all walks of life, dressed in those beautiful, saris, bejeweled in their gold bracelets and necklaces. Stately, elegant, beautiful. That’s my image of India.
Colline
3 Oct 2013Your pictures show a beautiful array of colour. Stunning.
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Thank you Colline and thanks for visiting.
catbirdineurope
3 Oct 2013Beautifully captured, Ron! I love the colors of India, and you portray them perfectly. Saturation in more ways than one! 🙂
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Thank you as always Cathy. Yes India is saturated in more ways than one.
Bhumika
3 Oct 2013Thank you for showing your love for my country 🙂 Nice pictures 🙂
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013You are more than welcome. India is very special to me.
Bhumika
7 Oct 2013Great 🙂
snoogiefisk
3 Oct 2013Wow! Thanks for giving us a window into another world.
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Thnak you so much.
ilargia64
3 Oct 2013Absolutely beautiful! Full of life and colour….I love them!
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Thanks Ilargia, for your comment and for visiting.
Tuxedo Sophisticated Cat
3 Oct 2013Gorgeous photos. I have never been to India, but all the photos I’ve seen show such beautiful colors.
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Indeed, India is a beautiful, unique place. Thanks for your kind comment.
Stephanie Williamson-Brittian
3 Oct 2013I’ve always wanted to go to India, I hope to get there some day and have my senses overloaded. Beautiful pictures as always!
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013I hope you will be able to go someday. It is truly a special place. Thanks for you comment.
restlessjo
4 Oct 2013Can there be a more alive and visually exciting nation in the world, Ron? Your photos are extraordinarily beautiful. 🙂
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Everything you say about India is right. It is a place like no other. Thanks for you comment.
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Thanks Jo for your generous comments. India is a place like no other.
timidtraveller
4 Oct 2013stunning photograph! India is a photographers dream
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Well said. India is a photographers delight. Thanks for your comment
theamateurcamera
4 Oct 2013Beautiful photos! 🙂
fotograffer
7 Oct 2013Thank you so much.
dearrosie
5 Oct 2013Thanks to Jo I discovered your blog. Your photos are exceptionally beautiful (and I love your theme which permits you to stretch the pictures right across the screen)
fotograffer
6 Oct 2013I am happy you found my blog and that you are enjoying it. Thank you.
Lynne Ayers
14 Oct 2013Fascinating and beautiful series, rich in colour and textures.
Tricia A. Mitchell
16 Nov 2013From the colorful bangles and powders to vibrant saris, this is a stunning set, Ron. How long were you in India?
fotograffer
16 Nov 2013Thank you Tricia, as always. This past time I was in India almost three weeks. Lynne and I are returning early next year for a month; mostly southern India this time.
eleonore mosimann
17 Nov 2013WOW! Stunning!
fotograffer
20 Nov 2013Thank you Eleonore.
GB
27 Nov 2013You photos are beyond BEAUTIFUL! 🙂 Thank you for sharing them with us! India is such a beautiful country. Would love to visit someday.
fotograffer
5 Dec 2013Thank you Gabriela. India is lovely and I hope you do get to visit.
GB
27 Nov 2013PS: …and I just had to tweet them! ^^
fotograffer
5 Dec 2013Again, thanks.
Alison and Don
18 Nov 2019Wonderful evocative photos Ron. I love India. Like Keith Bellows it got into my heart from the first time I went. I’ve been three times and will go again early in the new year. It’s a remarkable place.
Alison
fotograffer
20 Nov 2019Alison, good for you. What are will you visit? I’ve been three times as well.
Alison and Don
20 Nov 2019Just to Rishikesh this time. Last time Rishikesh and Haridwar, and before that a whole bunch of places – Varanasi, Agra, Delhi, Rajasthan, the Pushkar Camel Fair, etc. It’s such an amazing country.
asgarmollart
25 Nov 2019Really amazing post friend, I like your work. Here is a new friend, Stay connected always.
fotograffer
29 Nov 2019Thank you and welcome!