Listening To The Messengers - a photo on Flickriver

“These pains you feel are messengers.
Listen to them.”
(Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī known as Rumi - Persian poet and Sufi mystic, 1207-1273)

This is a dhobi wallah (laundry worker) who washes laundry in the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras).
All day long he keeps on beating each piece clean and dry them under the sun...

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Taken in: India / Uttar Pradesh / Varanasi / Teliyanala (show map)

Taken on: November 15, 2009

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ18, f/7.1, 1/500 sec, 52.1mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ18
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	52.1mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Portrait
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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