I have shot this image at Hampi. In this image the Statue or Shiva Linga is called as Badavi Linga as in olden days an old poor lady used to worship this Linga with more devotion so it name as Badavi Linga * Poor Lady’s Linga ) It is UNESCO World heritage Monument at Hampi. In This image we seeing a old man climbing the Idol worships Shivalinga and in the process, he steps on it. But no one calls it sacrilege. For late 90 year-old K N Krishna Bhatt, who has been the priest at Badavi Linga temple in the world famous Hampi heritage site for decades, the daily puja is a bit of an adventure. With the three-metre tall monolithic idol dwarfing the pint-sized man, he has no option but to cling to the structure while clearing it of the previous day’s flowers. In the absence of a ladder or scaffolding in the water-logged temple, he steps on the base of the Shivalinga for support. He hangs on to it and applies bhasma (vibhooti) and vermilion to the idol before returning to the doors of the eternally flooded temple. This image given me a good name as I have shot this image in my earlier days of photography and this image got published in many national and international magazines, won many awards and exhibited in many countries.

Artist Name: Shreenivas Yenni

Edition: 1/1 NFT

Location : Hampi, Karnataka, July 2017

Collection Name : Essence of Indian Culture

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