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25-MAR-2008

At prayer, Abhaneri, India, 2008

A Muslim at prayer in Abhaneri, a small village in Southeastern Rajastahn. India is home to the third largest Muslim population in the world (after Indonesia and Pakistan). Yet only 13 per cent of India's population is Muslim. More than 80 percent of Indians are Hindus. Expressions of faith are part and parcel of daily life. This man is praying on the steps of an ancient reservoir built to provide a constant water supply to the village. His white costume and the sun-baked wall of the reservoir behind him starkly contrast to the wood-framed shadowed door at right. After making this image, I thought he may have chosen to pray in the hot sun because it made him feel that much closer to Allah.

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Phil Douglis21-Apr-2008 19:14
The doorway contexts are similar but the people in our photographs are doing two different things. Yours is sleeping, while mine prays.
monique jansen21-Apr-2008 10:27
It reminds me of this photo I took in varanasihttp://www.pbase.com/trevvelbug/image/23619766
monique jansen21-Apr-2008 10:26
What a lovely and serene portrait this is
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