Customer is customer Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a saree shop in Varanasi, India. The owner is a good Hindu and welcomes the most holly animal in the Hindu religion; the cow (believed to be the Lord Krishna). I'm told one particular cow has sensed his welcome and started using the shop as his "house", which then turned out to be a good ad for the shop.

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Alain (288) 2008-01-20 10:15

Very unusual situation for me! A good thing it is not a food shop or a restaurant!

aqmengal (106) 2008-01-20 10:45

nice..

very good image... showing the culture of hindu isam..

well

holmertz (9645) 2008-01-20 11:42

Hello Saltuk,
Amazing and quite funny. I like the religious decorations making the shop look a bit like a temple. Very suitable.
Regards,
Gert

bapun1 (801) 2008-01-20 13:06

It has to be a Bull. The image of the Hindu God on the wall is that of Lord Shiva. And The Bull is His vehicle.

Considering the fact that 'Kashi Vishwanath' the presiding deity of Varanasi (Benaras), another name Lord Shiva is known as, the presence of a real Bull inside the shop might have been understood as a divine connection.

Well captured.
Cheers,
Bishnu.