‘Disappearing Faces’: Sadhguru’s new book captures people of remote Himalayas

NEW
DELHI:
Isha
Fou datio
fou de
Sadhgu u
o
Mo day
lau ched
a
ew
photog aphy
book
called
“Disappea i g
Faces”,
featu i g
photog aphs
of
people
he
e cou te ed
du i g
his
jou eys
th ough
the
emote
Himalayas
of
Nepal
a d
Tibet.Published
by
Pe gui
I dia,
the
book
was
lau ched
by
U io
mi iste
Ma sukh
Ma daviya
at
the
I dia
I te atio al
Ce t e
i
New
Delhi.The
lau ch
was
followed
by
a
co ve satio
betwee
Sadhgu u
a d
comme tato
A a d
Ra ga atha ,
explo i g
the
sto ies
a d
expe ie ces
behi d
the
photog aphs
featu ed
i
the
book.“These
faces
ep ese t
a
e a
that
will
soo
disappea :
faces
etched
o ly
by
se so y
pe ceptio
of
light
a d
da k ess,
heat
a d
cold,
of
sp i gs
a d
wi te s
–
above
all,
u co tami ated
by
i fo matio
that
is
disco ected
f om
ou
se ses.
Ou
se ses
lead
to
a
ce tai
se se
of
life
whe e
the e
is
o
No -se se,”
Sadhgu u
said
du i g
the
co ve satio .”These
a e
the
visages
that
ep ese t
life
that
seems
udime ta y
but
is
ich
with
st o g
expe ie ces
of
the
la d,
the
wi ds,
the
wate s
a d
the
people.
Ove
the
last
five
decades,
yea
afte
yea ,
beyo d
the
beauty
a d
wo d ous
atu e
of
the
mou tai s,
these
faces
have
d aw
me
i to
the
deep
c evices
of
the
Himalayas,”
he
added.

Ca yi g
a
came a
alo g
the
way,
Sadhgu u
bega
docume ti g
faces
shaped
by
a
life
lived
close
to
atu e
a d
i c easi gly
dista t
f om
the
cities.The
book
offe s
a
i timate
visual
eco d
of
the
people
Sadhgu u
e cou te ed
du i g
his
jou eys.Sadhgu u
fi st
jou eyed
to
Ma asa ova
a d
Mou t
Kailash
i
2006
a d
has
si ce
etu ed
epeatedly,
leadi g
seeke s
o
the
Himalaya
pilg image.
Afte
u de taki g
his
fi st
moto cycle
jou ey
to
Kailash
i
2025,
Sadhgu u
is
set
to
etu
o ce
agai
this
yea
o
a
moto cycle,
co ti ui g
his
u ique
e gageme t
with
the
sac ed
la dscape
of
the
Himalayas.The
Himalayas
have
emai ed
a
sig ifica t
pa t
of
Sadhgu u’s
life
ove
the
yea s,
alo gside
his
effo ts
towa ds
huma
wellbei g,
aisi g
huma
co scious ess
a d
his
commitme t
to
ecological
ege e atio .