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Divine Deidi Van Schaewen’s photograph of a ‘sacred tree’

Alliance Française de Trivandrum and The Embassy of France in India in association with Department of Culture, Government of Kerala and HSBC, Thiruvananthapuram, organise an exhibition of giant-sized photographs titled ‘Sacred Trees,’ which were clicked by Deidi.

The exhibition will be at Museum Public Garden from December 4 to 18.

“The work on the Sacred Trees started almost 20 years ago during my first trip to India.

Every kind of tree is supposed to be the home of the divine.”

The Hindus, the Buddhist as well as the Jains consecrated certain trees to those deities that they specially venerate.

“Tree worship is very old in India. Trees are consulted as oracles, and credited with the power to grant children, fame and wealth. They are often garlanded and festooned with lights, and even married to other trees or to a woman in regular nuptial ceremonies,” says Deidi Van Schaewen.

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