Duel in the Desert Thar Rajasthan India

Duel in the Desert Thar Rajasthan India. ... more

by Sue Jacobi

Title

Duel in the Desert Thar Rajasthan India

Artist

Sue Jacobi

Medium

Photograph - Fine Art Photography

Description

Duel in the Desert Thar Rajasthan India.
This was a spontaneous and unexpected moment captured during the magical sunset twilight in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, near Jaisalmer, in India. Two camel-herders were chilling, having left their camels to sit or kneel down, as they do, to relax. They were walking around on the sand dunes, when all of a sudden, they broke into a spontaneous wrestling match. The unexpected action was intense and exciting. And then, a few minutes later, it was all over as suddenly as it had started! I was told the younger man (a boy actually) dressed in the blue pathani suit, had won the bout. And then they walked away into the sunset, chatting and laughing. It was amazing!
The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert or Marusthali (Land of the dead), is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent that forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. With an area of more than 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi), it is the world's 9th largest subtropical desert.
The Thar desert is bounded by the Sutlej River to the north, the Aravalli Range to the east, salt marsh to the south, and the Indus River to the west. It lies mostly in the Indian state of Rajasthan and extends into the southern portion of Haryana and into northern Gujarat. The Desert National Park, Jaisalmer has a collection of fossils of animals and plants of 180 million years old.
From Indian Mythology : The Indian epics describe this region as Lavanasagara (Salt-ocean). The Ramayana mentions Lavanasagara (the Salt-ocean) when Rama goes to attack Lanka with the army of vanaras. Rama uses his agneyashtra-amogha to dry up the sea named drumakulya situated on north of Lavanasagara. A fresh water source named Pushkar surrounded by Marukantara was created.
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December 7th, 2014