Faces of India – 271 Temple Pujari from Javagal
Faces of India
a series through which I intend to portray the various characters of my country whom I met during my travels. I bring back souvenirs, frozen moments from my travels, why not some memories of people I have met and interacted during the travels. Faces of India is a weekly series in my blog since MARCH 2011. See more here…
Temple Pujari of Javagal
He is the 19 year old temple pujari of Lakshminarasimha Temple of Javagal, Hassan district of Karnataka. He was shutting off the temple for the forenoon session but on seeing us he willing reopened the doors.
He knew little Hindi and we managed to have small conversation. He chanted the mantras of prayers so well, and then he explained a bit about the idols.
He insisted that we visit the Hoysala Temple of Doddagaddavalli. When I asked him how much he makes per day in this work, he shied away from answering it. However he quickly said he was filling up the place for somebody else.
Can you guess what this Temple pujari of Javagal is studying? A mighty impressive answer he gave; he is doing his second year in diploma in computer science. I wished him: May you have a great future!
One of the pleasantest pujari I have met during my travels!
U are very good at photography 🙂 Amazing picture <3
Handsome, warm smile, may he accomplish all he attempts in life.
Its good to know about him. Nice shot.
Very expressive face and looks of an good human being .How appreciative he is of his good friend who is doing diploma in computers ! May god bless him.
The many sides of the same person 🙂
Very engaging post !
A great portrait and a very interesting story. Hope he becomes successful in life 🙂
He will be one of the intelligent human forces to make the Indian future brighter.
Yoko
A promising young Pujari
Wow a pujari with a computer science degree!
Very expressive portrait. 🙂
Cool portrait
Excellent portrait on the young priest! Hope he succeed his pursuit
very expressive face