Photos by Owen Morgan: on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

Rien ne vaut la nature pour réaliser des chef d'oeuvres.

woooow nice photo! voted

fantastics colors, like my island Sardinia - Italy without photoshop! ;-)

my photogallery here

nice place ! hello from Greece !!

Hello Mr Morgan, I am sending you a copy of the story we researched on the temple at Chag, in hopes that you'd allow us to use your photo to accompany it. I can be reached at: mousepad@flowtrinidad.net or at "jeannine story" on my Panaramio page. Thanks, Jeannine Story (Artist for the Westerly)

HINDU TEMPLE OR HINDU TEMPLE OR MANDIR AT Chacachacare By Nasser Khan

Surprisingly most Trinidadians have never heard about the small hindu temple (mandir) nestled amongst the lush greenery at Chacachacare. The Westerly first learnt about it, not first-hand, hiking through the the now overgrown trails that connect the delapidated buildings and homes of the lepers that once lived at Chachachare, but accidentally came across a photo of the temple on an internet website called “Panaramio”. The photo (taken by a visiting “Yachtie” named Owen Morgan) shows the newly painted red and white concrete structure as it stands today. A Hindu temple or Mandir, is a house of worship for Hindus, followers of Hinduism.

(YOUR PHOTO WITH CREDIT HERE)

The mandir was opened in 1945/6, built solely by the efforts of Doon Pandit (1900-1958) a hindu priest and community leader from the Las Lomas/Arima/Tacarigua area who was known for his guru-like qualities in administering healing miracles. Touched by the plight of the lepers who were regular visitors at the mandirs at Las Lomas and Arima seeking his healing powers, he felt compelled to provide a place of worship for them at Chacachacare which to that point was run by the Dominican sisters of the catholic church. Once per week, Pandit would organize a pilgrimage to the island. The pilgrims would take along food, offerings, musical instruments and other articles of worship and embark on the boat journey to Chacachacare visits which the lepers enthusiastically looked forward to. He also extended his hands of service to the national community through the Red Cross and the Blind Welfare League.

(PHOTO OF DOON PANDIT HERE)

Such was the authenticity and high esteem of this hindu holy man that His Majesty King George VI in 1949 conferred upon him the title of MBE (Member of the British Empire). His reputation as a healer had spread to as far as India, England, Venezuela and other Caribbean islands. Perhaps his most recognized act was in curing Josephine Shaw, wife of the then-Governor of Trinidad. People seeking him came from diverse racial, religious, age, class and gender backgrounds.

SOURCE: Doon Pandit, His life and Times (1900-1958) by D.H. Singh/2006, available at NALIS libraries and at bookstores throughout T&T. Note: Doon Pandit was born Seenath Ojah

Lovely welcoming colours for a pub! Very pretty. Greetings from Greece

I am very interested in Galicia, I want to go there but I have not had the chance to get off of work..I hear that the people in Galicia are very pale in color and alot of them have red hair...I believe because of mass immigration from the U.K years ago..I even heard that they play the bagpipes is this true?

Great photo. You have managed to bring the sky, the mountains and the people together beautifully.

Que recuerdos más gratos guardo de mi paso por esa bonita capital de Lisboa, he quedado enamorado de la Ciudad y de sus gentes. Edificios, museos,(y creo recordar), Sán Francisco sobre todo, GRANDIOSO.

It really is a sad but beautiful picture. The average piano never gets a chance to show its exquisite innards. There is where monochrome would be brilliant but likely still less than the brass tones. I would love to have seen more of the piano's surrounding environment, but then that would have compromised the detail. Decisions, decisions. Nice piece of work.

Bill

Nice colors

Ciao

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