Honorable Mention
"Mothergoddess" River of Aspiration
DESCRIPTION
Story is about relationship between human beings and river Ganga worshiped by millions of people around the globe.A spiritual relationship with a strong human desire to achieve eternal peace, prosperity,spiritual uplift,salvation,healing and so on and so forth. In a way river ganga has always been considered as a river of life,hope and fulfillment ,where the medium of achievement is faith. In other words , it is a sacred play of interactive energies having countless human energies full of everlasting desires on one hand and Mothergoddess ,a supreme energy in herself on other hand. River is a bridge for human soul linking the heavenly world and the earth. With the passage of time as the life advanced along the river ,temple came in to existence . Mothergoddess and the sacred temple dissolved the wall between heaven and the earth. Silence , sound and mystery of the river gave a divine impact to the practice of yoga and meditation resulting in to exploration of the layers of human intellect. To turn on the pages of Mothergoddess"River of Aspiration" with better understanding, it is essential to feel the dynamics of interaction between both the energies., It is also important to read in between the folds of human situation and many layers of Ganga and it’s civilization. It is an sincere effort to depict the idea of inner Ganga which flows inside each one of us and outer Ganga flowing outside physically on this great planet called earth, shared by both the energies in a similar way.
Journey of human life where inter play of energies is still on the move without interruption since the time immemorial.The never ending human struggle of survival in relation with the nature is a reality. Moments from real human situation turn in to timeline of human existence.Whole story of human struggle is woven with the strong thread of timeless relationship between life and nature. When both these energies interact life and nature seems to participates in a exhibition of this relationship on the sacred plans of Mothergoddess river Ganga.This representation of these energies depicts the idea of life as a whole in real sense of inner Ganga and outer Ganga.
This is the truth that life has always been dependent on nature and conservation of natural resources is need of the hour.
It is not just about freezing a moment in time and space but about the dialogue it can have with the observer and also to provide a wider communication.
AUTHOR
My name is Neeraj Sharma. I am a freelance photographer from Mohali,Tri city Chandigarh capital city of Punjab . Being a photographer of people and more specifically a storyteller, most of my stories are about human reactions in the context of unique human situations. I love to follow long term ideas. 'Mothergoddess' River of Aspiration is my dream project which i have been following for the last twelve years.