White Widows of Vrindavan.

For a week, I visited the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. The place is very well known being the birthplace of Lord Krishna. Many pilgrims from the world over come to visit this place and nowadays the Ashram is on the touristic tour. Pilgrims do visit this Ashram where over 2000 widows are being helped. To be helped though they need to pray. They get a token every time they attend the prayer room to sing Bhajan Kritan, giving them the right to a free meal..

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White Widows of Vrindavan envoyé par clodreno
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22.8.07

Street

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A widows in a Vrindavan's street, a common sigth. So many widows leave in that town. The words in Hindi behind means "Rada Krishna...

Going Home

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A widow going back home from the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram where 2000 widows come everyday to pray. Sometime heavy rain makes thing more di...
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Home

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Some widows drying off their clothing home. They rent a room, 200 meters away from the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.

Going away

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A White Widow of Vrindavan going home after the prayers. www.claude-renault.fr
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Going Home

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Widows leaving the sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. It's located in the Loi bazar, next to the Ghats and the Yamuna river.

Last moments

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A widow thinking as I was leaving the ashram in Vrindavan. One of the last images I took there. Wondering what she was thinking after having...

Leaving.

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Widows coming out of the prayer room after their morning session.

Leaving the Ashram

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Widows coming out of the prayer room after their morning session.

Leaving the Ashram

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Widows leaving the Ashram at the end of the Prayers. For the Italian readers, an article in Monday's "Corriere della Sera" : a...

Prava Dotto

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Prava Dotto from Bakura Medripur. A widow from west bengal looking outside the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram

Singing

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Widows raising their arms when singing Bhajan Kritan in one of the buildings of the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.

Prayers

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Widows during a morning prayer , before the lunch they will get free after the 4 hours singing session. In another building of the Sri bag...

Music

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a widow playing Cymbals during the prayers

Bhajan Kirtan

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Widows singing Bhajan Kirtan, a form of prayer inside the Bagwan bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. This woman was doing a strange noise with her t...

Leader

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One of the leader of the Widows, she is singing Bhajan, but mostly she is trying to push the other one to sing louder and louder..

Respect

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A widow bowing in front of the Altar before the Bhajan Kritan initiate.
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Aamar Bari Ashram

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Aruthi Maity, a widow from Medripur, West bengal staying inside her room at the Aamar Bari Ashram in Vrindavan. This Ashram is totally diff...

Token

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A widow distributing the token for the other widows, at the entrance of the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram, to prove they attend the singing and ...

Corriere

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For the Italian readers, an article in yesterday's "Corriere della Sera" about Vrindavan's Widows... archivio.corriere.it/...

Details

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Booghamathi coming out to fetch water at the pump in front of the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.
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Meal Time

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Some widows eating after having been in line to get their free food, inside the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. On the left, Onita, s...

Out

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Once they get their free meal, the Widows go out trough a back door of the Ashram and they go to another room to eat quietly.

Line

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In line to get some food at the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.

FOOD

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Widows getting free meal at the Sri bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. A refuge for about 2000 widows.
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Mataji

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Mataji waiting in line for a free meal of Dal and Rice. Shot during meal time in the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. I kind of liked ...

Food.

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Widows in line to get a free meal in the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.

Food.

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A young girl helping her aunty to distribute free food for the widows at the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.

Line for food

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Widows in line in a small alley where they will get their free meal. The scene is like that everyday. When they sing and pray in the main ro...

Line for food.

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Widows waiting in line to get their free meal, at 11 AM, following the morning Bhajan Kirtan.
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Savitri

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Savitri going to place herselve in line to get free food : a bit of vegetable, Dal and Chapatis. By coming singing and praying everyday, twi...

Komala

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Komala, a widow from West Bengal near the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. She was coming out of the Ashram and complaining to me abo...

Kalavathy

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Kalavathy, a widow is washing her feet at one entrance of the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram before going back in. Widows get A little bit of ca...

Kalavathi

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Kalavathi, a widow walking out of the Sri Bhajan Ashram. Like most of them, 80 %, to be precise, she came from West Bengal. Sri Bagwan Bhaj...

Water

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A widow in a small niche next to the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram is trying to get some roupies giving water to passers by. You find a lot of pl...

Peaking...

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Widow praying in the same room seen in the previous image, from the street. The green shutters protect the room from the heat outside..It...
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Ashram

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In another building of the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram more widows are praying. People tend to follow habits everywhere, the entire time I was ...

Radha Radhi

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Radha Radhi Mishre, a 53 years old widow from Calcutta. She spoke English, the only one I met there speaking it. She had arrived at the Sri ...

Prayer

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An offering at the start of the prayers in front of an Altar. I asked Radha Radhi Mishre, a 53 years old widow from Calcutta if the young gi...

Sleeping

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A widow sleeping on the steps of a temple in Vrindavan. She is waitiing for the temple to open up as everyday while I was there.

Going In.

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The widows go everyday to meet, to pray inside one of the 7 buildings of the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram. They can't live there, it's j...

Savitri again

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During the prayer inside the Bagwan Bhajan Ashram, Savitri saw me and came toward me to say Hello. She was getting used to it..

Pasadi

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Pasadi , a widow from West Bengal in the Shri Bhajan Ashram in Vindavan. She is one of the relatively young widows taking part in the singin...

Prayers

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Widows during the prayers in the main room of the Sri Bagwan Ashram in Vrindavan. Most of the widows still wear White saris, even though I m...

Token

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A widow entering the Bagwan Bhajan Ashram, this token will get her the right to a free meal.

Water

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Before going into the main Praying room, a widow washes her feet at the entrance of the sri Bagwan Ashram

Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram

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Widows coming out and going in the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.

Savitri.

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Savitri at the entrance of the sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. A good friend of Amodhini. They do spend a lot of time together.
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A M O D H I N I. Vrindavan

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Amodhini, a widow from West Bengal greeting me at the entrance of the Shri Bajhan Ashram in Vrindavan.

Getting to the Ashram

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Widows going by and entering the Sri Bhajan Ashram where they stay. One of them is touching the stair as a mark of respect to the place the...

Resting.

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Some widows resting a bit before going into another room to sing Bhajan Kritan in the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. Those widows co...

Meeting.

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Widows meeting at the entrance of the Sri Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan. Savitri is sitting next to the door and Boghamathi, a widow from Uttar...
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