2/07/2012

Arabian Sea photo op

Momentarily marooned in the early morning sea, three sari clad women pose for a photo. In the foreground, cloth offerings are trapped by barnacles and wrap the basalt rocks.
On these same island rocks, in the 15th century, legend tells us that a saint's casket was trapped. Sayyed Peer Haji Ali Shah Bukhari was on a pilgrimage to Mecca when he died. After his coffin was cast into the ocean at his request, it floated back to Mumbai. The Haji Ali mosque and tomb were later constructed on this spot to commemorate him.

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