World Photography Day celebrated with slide present of Swami Sundaranand’s works

Garhwal Post Bureau
Dehradun, 21 Aug: World Photography Day on 19 August was celebrated on the English Book Depot convention room with the viewing of a uncommon 35 mm analog slide present. The slides, offered by Pranav Kukreti, journey journey and experiential studying knowledgeable, have been uncommon for a number of causes: most of them have been greater than 50 years previous, portrayed the overwhelming fantastic thing about the Himalayas and the simplicity of the lives of individuals dwelling within the hills, and the grandeur of the Kumbh Mela in 1986, Haridwar.

The very particular half, nevertheless, was that these slides have been from images taken by Swami Sundaranand, a legendary photographer and storyteller, who lived in Gangotri till he died in 2020. His deep reference to nature and devotion to the natural world of the area is depicted in his images for posterity.
The occasion gave the viewers a chance to witness photographic historical past that’s untouched and unfiltered, and excited each pictures fanatics and novices.

The programme was launched by Anjali Bharthari, INTACH Chapter In-charge, Uttarakhand State. Writer-editor Prerna Raturi spoke about Swami Sundaranand and talked about private anecdotes of visiting his hut in Gangotri. Former bureaucrat Vibha Puri Das reminisced about her occasions with Swami Sundaranand and, additionally, shared her private assortment of his images with the group. Architect Akshay Veer Joshi additionally spoke about his time spent with the ascetic-photographer in Gangotri, the place he curated his images within the artwork gallery there.

Also current have been INTACH Convener Bharti P Jain, Convenor, Dehradun, Apoorva Gaur, Co-convenor, Dehradun Chapter, and Surbhi Agarwal, Co-convenor, Mussoorie Chapter.
Swami Sundaranand, born in 1926 in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, was not solely a faithful disciple of Swami Tapovanam Maharaj, but in addition a religious grasp and an intrepid explorer of the Himalayas. His first journey to Gaumukh almost seven many years in the past marked the start of a lifelong quest for religious reality and visible storytelling. Through numerous treks throughout the huge and sometimes unforgiving Himalayan terrain, he documented a world now largely misplaced to time—with pictures that stay each timeless and transcendent.