The heart of the hills
Rituals & Faith
Phool Dei in spring, Harela's green shoots, the lamps of Diwali and Ghughutiya's sweet dough birds — the festivals and quiet daily rituals that mark the Kumaoni year. Faith and festivity, woven into ordinary days.
All of ExploreFaith here isn't saved for festivals; it runs through the ordinary day — the lamp lit at dusk, the pithya pressed onto a leaving guest's forehead, the mangal geet sung at a wedding.
Much of it is older than any temple, kept by women, in the courtyard, without a word of it written down.
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Photographs by Manohar Negi, made across 34+ years and counting in and around Kunja.