30 July 2005 | Clicked on monochrome film
Location: Halebidu Temple, India

Halebidu Temple is located in the Hassan District, Karnataka, India and was the capitol of the Hoysala Empire in the 12th Century.

This is one of my all time favorite pictures and manages to instill a sense of serenity within me every time I look at it.

I remeber the seconds of hurry prior to this click. The temple was crowded and photography inside was quite difficult due to a lack of light. People were seated here and there praying / pondering while many others were walking in and out.

I was still using a film SLR camera at the time which meant that I would not know if I got what I clicked the way I visualized it until later.

As I stood there muttering to myself, I saw a man seated in contemplation and the beautiful light coming from the door way and my fingers went jittery with excitement. And just as I was wishing for the other people around him to step out of the door it happened. It lasted only a couple of seconds before the man who was seated got up and left… it was enough.

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