ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The festival of Colours, Holi, is celebrated in India sometime during the first quarter every year. The dates are fixed by the holy priests every year depending on the lunar calendar. Tis is a week long process which starts in the villages of Bersana and Nandgaon and later moves to townships before being celebrated all over India on the final day. Thousands of villagers and people from all over descend on these two villages to celebrate and play Holi. This image of the crowds which were completely coloured and soaked with coloured water was captured at the courtyard of the main temple in the village of Nandgaon of the final day of Holi here.

AUTHOR
Singapore based published photographer/author focusing on digital art, as well as portraiture, street, landscape and wildlife photography. I call myself a life long student of photography who does not like being categorized in any one genre. I always say photography is a learning process and one learns something new from everyone provided you are willing to look and listen.
I had a natural flair for photography since childhood, studied it in school, followed by self- learning and workshops over the last decade. More recently I has honed my skills through photography expeditions around the globe , which include major wildlife destinations in India, Sri Lanka and Africa. I am also a graduate from the New York Institute of Photography and an Olympus Visionary.
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To me photography is an art - A true medium of self-expression. After my visits to Ladakh in northern India I was inspired to do my first coffee table book, “Swades; Ladakh: The Land of Splendour”, published by Knowledge World Publishers, in September 2010, to showcase the beauty of the region. To travel with me on one of my adventures, I can be contacted at ranjan@ranjan.photography.
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I have thereafter been covered and published in various media in India and overseas - Sanctuary Asia Publication, Green Leaf, BanyoPran and Outdoor Photographer. Recently the WWF has also used his images in their campaigns. My works have been exhibited in Solo shows and also group shows at the World Photo Biennial held in Spain and Germany.

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