Dadar Flower Market under the bridge by the Dadar Railway Station is one of my favorite places to visit in #Mumbai. It is verily a street photographer’s paradise. Stall owners are super nice, and the flowers are fresh heaped, fragrant and colorful. Loads of #Champae #plumeria (?) delicately woven, melt even the stingiest of heart. I surprised M’s family with a champae stringer.
Entire families of flower weavers live under this bridge. Many generations eat, sleep and weave here.
I love the symbolism in this pic.
What adorns the head of the greatest of Gods is woven on the dusty feet of the street women. She toils away her entire life, but knows deep down that her work is her most cherished offering.
She needn’t climb any mountains, needn’t enter any temple, she needn’t offer any prayers; her work is her most heartfelt and greatest offering. This is Bhakti, and not what cheap, two-bit, fame seeking activists peddle.
Thank you.
Dev barae karo.
#Bazaar #FlowerMarket #BestofMumbai #IncredibleIndia
#incrediblePeople
#Devotion #Bhakti
#LifeUnderABridge
Arun Shanbhag 
“BHAKTI ME HAI SHAKTI……..PHUUL HO YAA PATTI” The pure fragrance of devotion !
Thank you Baab. Happy New Year to you and family.
Dear Arun Shanbhag,Your ” Dadar Flower” post was so beautiful and it touched my heart and made me write this email. I read all your posts starting from the Kailas Yatra. I too made a Yatra to Kailas in 2009 learning more about the trip from the details you posted on the blog. Though late, I thank you so much for helping people like me through your beautiful writings. I made the trip when I was 66 years old. We are in San Antonio, TX. Thanks once again,Sincerely,Chitra
Thank you for sharing these thoughts. Keeps me motivated.
Awesome.Good to see their work.Dedication and patience is most important .
Thank you. A
Beautiful notes … your symbolism.
Happy holidays!
Thank you.
Lovely!