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bharatanatyam dancer parvati mudras pictures

Ratish Naroor — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:08:52 +0000

I am glad that I am able to find Kerala art forms being performed in the United States. My wife insisted that we should visit the Hare Krishna temple (in Spanish Fork Utah) to participate in Janmastami celebrations and watch the dance performance by Divya Narayanan and her students . The dance group performed Bharatnatyam. A little bit about the dance form Bharata Natyam -
Bharata Natyam is one of the oldest dance forms of India. It was nurtured in the temples and courts of southern India since ancient times. Later it was codified and documented as a performing art in the 19th century by four brothers known as the Tanjore Quartet whose musical compositions for dance form the bulk of the Bharata Natyam repertoire even today. The art was handed down as a living tradition from generation to generation under the Devadasi system under which women were dedicated to temples to serve the deity as dancers and musicians forming part of the elaborate rituals. These highly talented artists and the male gurus (nattuvanars) were the sole repository of the art until the early 20th century when a renewal of interest in India’s cultural heritage prompted the educated elite to discover its beauty.

Here are some of the pictures I took of the dancer Parvati Radhakrishnan who did a great performance that night .

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soumya mupalla Wheelers historic park utah photoshoot

Ratish Naroor — Sun, 02 May 2010 04:13:33 +0000

Archana Muppala recently contacted me for arranging for a photoshoot for her family who were visiting from India . We planned the shoot for today and was at the wheeler historic farm in sandy Utah . Soumya Mupalla , Archana’s sister-in-law was also present for the photo shoot and was pretty excited for the photoshoot .Her mom told me that she loves being photographed and had an interest in photography . I took some nice portraits for her and they turned amazing . . She works for Yahoo bangalore and had a great time taking her pictures .And her charm in the face really made me remember my cousin sisters back in India .

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Nick Vujicic pictures salt lake city Utah

Ratish Naroor — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:57:03 +0000

Mike Parsons , my friend at work , informed me that Nick Vujicic will be visiting Salt lake city for speaking at a public meeting . For those who have never heard of Nick Vujicic :

“Nick Vujicic (born 4 December 1982) is a preacher, a motivational speaker and the director of Life Without Limbs, an organization for the physically disabled. He regularly gives speeches across subject of disability and hope.”

Ckeck out some of his videos at here and here .Read his Wikipedia article here .

Nick Vujicic , is always an inspiration for me . I make it a point to share his videos to my friends who feel unsuccessful in life or sometimes looks life negatively. I never thought that I will be able to photograph this little man who is full of motivation and energy .

I can find lot of my readers are searching about Nick Vijucic Marriage : So is Nick Vujicic Married

Yes – Nick Vijucic is engaged to be married to the beautiful Kanae. Nick proposed to the wonderful lady on July 29th and they are getting married on February 10th 2012. Here is a picture taken on the engagement day.

This is what Nick Vijucic shared with his friends after getting engaged :

‘THE GREATEST BLESSING I’VE EVER RECEIVED AFTER LIFE, SALVATION, AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD: INTRODUCING NICK & KANAE ENGAGED!!! Thank you for your love, support and prayers!’

Please send me a personal email at naroor@gmail.com if you want a print of the pictures posted here.

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Anju Jyothish payyanur temple pictures

Ratish Naroor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:50:29 +0000

In December 2009 , I visited India for three main reasons – to visit my close & dear ones , to get engaged and to attend my cousin sister’s (Anju Narayanan – who is really close to me) wedding. And I took that opportunity to take plenty of pictures at Anju’s wedding.
As a usual custom in our Hindu religion, the bride visits the temple a day before her wedding and prays for the blessings from the almighty for a prosperous married life ahead. I decided to accompany her with the official wedding photographer that day and captured some candid portraits. So here are some of the pictures of my sweet sister Anju (now officially Anju Jyothish ) shot at the Payyanur Subrahmanya Swami temple , which is situated at the northern part of Kerala state in India.

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Mohiniyattam pictures utah indian cultural center

Ratish Naroor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:05:05 +0000

I was glad this dancer accepted my request for posing for me after the Utah Indian cultural center program , held at the City library a few weeks back . Also she was pretty smart to ask me how to pose and started posing some dance forms in Mohiniyattam .Congratulating the dancer for a great performance and wishing her all the best for the future .

Find more information about this kerala dance form here – Mohiniyattam Wiki
Mohiniyattam Video

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India Kerala folklore dance pictures

Ratish Naroor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:33:10 +0000

The Utah-Indian cultural center celebrated the Diwali festival at the Utah city library . I was truly lucky to attend the wonderful function and capture some Kerala folklore dance forms . The function reminded me the days in my native state ‘Kerala’ ( India ) and they just made me feel I was in India . I congratulate the dancers and performers who brought these unique art forms to the beautiful state of utah.And the people behind the cultural center who made this function a success . I will be posting the pictures of different categories so that my friends from Utah see our colorful culture . Look out for the subsequent posts from the Utah Indian cultural center program .

Find more info on
Kerala State

Kerala State Culture

Mohiniattam Dance form

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Jessica model portraits at the photography meetup group

Ratish Naroor — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:37:21 +0000

This is the second time I met Jessica for the Provo Photography Meetup event .The First time was a shoot at the Alpine Loop canyons which was almost a year back .Anyways it was nice to meet this really enthusiastic model again .This time I concentrated on taking some portraits on her and here are some of them .

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sabie baby pictures utah photoshoot

Ratish Naroor — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:09:57 +0000

Shnicka from Florida, gave me a call seeing my ad in a Utah website and asked whether I would be interested in taking her sister’s 15 days old baby’s pictures (Will be updated in next post).I made it clear that I am very new to baby pictures and also I don’t have any studio setup .She agreed to a Photoshoot and I visited them a month back .To my surprise , there was Sabie , Shnicka daughter who was also present in their house. Sabie was truly cute and really photogenic .Updating some of the pictures of Sabie (she’s less than 1 year old) , Shnicka’s Daughter.

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thunderbird team Utah airshow 2009 pictures

Ratish Naroor — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:28:17 +0000

I was amazed how smart the Thunderbird team members were on the ground and decided I should get some random shots when they were around f16′s .Here are some of the pictures that I took at the Utah hill air force base Airshow 2009 .Enjoy and comments please .

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Cute little Lillian

Ratish Naroor — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:13:28 +0000

Evan Smith , my colleague at work invited me for his daughter Lillian’s first birthday and I took my camera to capture some sweet moments. Here are some of the best shots I got of her when she was playing in their garden .

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