I had to abort the Lalbagh Chya Raja shoot at Nagpada , tonight , in the crowd somebody pulled out my wallet and the folder of my entire Canon 7D Cards and the Canon 60D cards from my newly bought bag for this shoot ..they had pinned me in the crowd I could do nothing the bag was the back .. I dont mind the loss but what hits me most me it included a 16 GB card I had shot at Lalbagh Chya Pandal at 8 am today .. I had walked barefeet from Lalbagh to Nagpada ..I informed the Nagpada Police Station , I only hope finds it and returns it to me a green folder , the wallet had about Rs 700 does not matter .
The Two cards in my camera I was lucky to save ..
My Bad Luck I did not go to DoTanki I had no cards
My wife told me to come back no use going to the Police Station but I informed them just encase some good Samaritan finds it ..the green folder with both the shot cards and the other cards .. the shot card is the Arti and a lot of pictures in the pandal..
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Most of the people come very early in the morning and park themselves outside the Lalbagh Chya Raja main street gate , this is a great picture when the Raja comes out .. and than the younger robust ones with hardy shoes walk behind him , and you need to be tough not lose your cool ..
I have shot the Raja once from the gate thanks to Vikram a volunteer and my Facebook friend..
I have shot the Raja following him from the main gate to Baharamata talkies from a house balcony and a terrace ..but I changed the rules of the game , as I was carrying a heavy bag two cameras an umbrella water bottle .. normally I carried a small satchel ..
I have shot the Raja in the rains too and mostly during Ramzan fasting and the Lalbagh volunteers helping me break my fast at a restaurant near Byculla . I have some great memories shooting the Raja and I remember a Hindu guy who told me while I was breaking my fast , because you walk with my God barefeet every year I promise to keep one fast in Ramzan .. and I had tears in my eyes ..I told him he need not fast.. I would fast for him too..I kept an extra fast before Ramzan for his kindness and his simplicity of spiritual thought.
This year after moving out of the pandal I came towards Ganesh Gully decided not to follow the Raja to Bharatmata ..I have swollen feet because of my visarjan treks for GSB Seva Mandal Ganesha and 7 Day Visarjan Juhu, so I walked to Chinchpokli had two vada pavs and stood on a tiny garden platform opposite the Chintamani poster and shot Tejukaya Ganesh Gully Rajas and finally Lalbagh Chya Raja on my Canon 7 D ..
Than followed the huge surging crowds and shot less , but shot where I could ..till Byculla and it is a very long slow paced journey, I met old friends photographers and shot pictures of Lalbagh Karyakartas Sunil Joshi Raju Langewal and others..
I shot the volunteers and than after I got caught in a huge crowd my wallet a folder of my memory cards stolen I was forced to abort shooting the Hindu Muslim Ekta committee of the Muslims of that are felicitating the Raja .. I headed to Nagpada Police Station informed them of my loss and in a very sad depressed state of Mind came home ..
What hit me most is not the loss of my belongings but that one memory card in a Vodafone USB box that was in the folder with the pandal Arti pictures before leaving for Visarjan and my pictures shot by Sagar a Facebook friend ..along with Lalbagh Chya Raja in the backgound ..
But I will shoot the Raja next year too more carefully ..Purcha Varshi Laokar Ya ...Jai Mangalmurti Ichapurti
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