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Bright Angel

"Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling."
(Madeleine L'Engle - American writer, 1918-2007)

This picture was shot at the little akhara (gymnasia) located nearby Scindia ghat along the Ganges in Vanarasi (Benaras).
Like many people in the Eternal city this pehlwan (wrestler) comes here every morning at dawn or before sunset in order to perform his daily physical training routine.
Since the Mughal Era it became a way of living deeply connected to culture of Northern India, this art of wrestling is a synthesis of native malla-yuddha and Persian Varzesh-e Pahlavani.
Through time Western training methods and nomenclature from Iran and Europe were introduced into Pehlwani.
Wrestling competitions, known as dangals, held in villages can have their own rules variations.
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Taken in: India / Uttar Pradesh / Varanasi / Godoliya (show map)

Taken on: June 1, 2008

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Camera: CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD. EX-Z1000, f/2.8, 1/160 sec, 7.9mm (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	7.9mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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