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Acharya Donde Marg



What is a shrine
but just you and me
connecting through
stones, water, empty space,
songs, silence

Thakkar Bappa Colony


Migrant God and now resident of Mumbai -
Goga Baba of Rajasthan/Marwar 

These figures make their appearance during Raksha bandhan in Mumbai.













Off Western Express Highway




#MigrantGods 

On social media, I was adding images to a hashtag called #SlumgodsOfMumbai when the Ganga Walker aka Siddharth Agarwal suggested that they are in fact migrant gods or deities. 

So true! This two South Indian deities are pasted by a Tamizh lady who sells idlis and vadais in the morning on the Footpath. When her shop is open, the images feel at home. Part time gods. In the afternoon, they are hiding in plain sight among mumbaiya maximum decibels.



Meet Ayyappan of Shabarimala, Kerala in Goregaon. 







Jambul Marg



Have a Good Day.

This is the offering at a Chaiwallah's footpath shrine dedicated to RamdevPir (I think) or a similar folk deity from Rajasthan.

Govandi Station Road



I was shooting the saree and a passing auto driver told me that the old lady who used to decorate this shrine passed away recently.

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Digital photo books with stories from the streets of Mumbai are now available at Footpath Bookshop


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