Simplicity...

Selling flowers on late noon sitting under the shade, the sales are moderate so is the grid for money, few lives tell us story of simple yet occupied life when you moderate your expectations and garnet your needs to bare minimum….

Garlands....

100_4084, a photo by rajesh_dangi on Flickr.

The flower sales are again back to normal, the festivities created some demand and few colurs went missing for couple days, these seem to be back again!

Die for Dye...

100_3940, a photo by rajesh_dangi on Flickr.

The natural roses stacked along with while roses with chemical dyes, many flower vendors pt forth these tricks to dye the roses in its unnatural form and lure customers ahead of festivities...

Selling Freshness....

100_2009, a photo by rajesh_dangi on Flickr.

The fresh flowers sold at roadside corner, keeping them fresh as ong as possible is challenging with summer heat working against the will. The demand for fresh wishes seem to remain the steady !!

United colors of...

100_1072, a photo by rajesh_dangi on Flickr.

The festive times make markets busy, colorful and vibrant, this roadside cart does depict the holiness and the diversity of colors in the spiritual world...

Flowers...

The gift everyone likes thus most fragile business of selling this freshness keeps flourishing. This roadside shop late morning is decked up with flowers and ready floral bouquets for the takers!!

Flowers for Pooja…

As the festivities continue, markets are loaded with colorful flowers to keep up with daily demand, the market roads are colorful and densely fragranced, The flowers also accompany some herbs ( Marga) as offering to lord Ganesha…

Colors galore…

A nicely decked colourful flower shelf on a roadside florist kept for sale. The winter adds to the freshness as flowers retain the freshness longer….

Fresh Colors...

Grant festivities are almost over, still there are many celebrations left with each flowering and blossoms. all decked florist stand vouch for these daily celebrations...isn't it?

Festive fragrances..

On Dasera festivity list, the flowers are the most essential items. The markets are flooded with colors and fragrances and people are busy buying them everywhere... many villagers bring their produce themselves and pile them on streets / corners due to hte large demand, there are few who book the flowers in advance and get them delivered on the evening before the vijayadashmi day!!

Festivities continue...

While entire city is celebrating Ganesha festivities, the sale of flowers, mango leaves, banana stems and many other puja items continues in the local markets. The festivities would span over 10 days from Ganesh Chaturthi and so are the vibes...

Flower Delivery...

Fresh flowers being delivered from the farm to the City Market, the gunny bags are kept wet and loosly stacked to preserve the flowers fresh... the local traders buy the crops from the farmers and provide them to the local wholesale merhcants who interun complete the B2B cycles with retails shops and establishements.Flowers arrive at the City Market as early as 4 a.m. and are sold until 9 p.m. Thousands depend on them for their livelihood.

Rest after work...

Bicycles of flower sellers resting in early morning while they are busy buying flowers from wholesale market, after the purchase sellers will move arond city streets selling them door to door till late afternoon...

At the temple entrace....

old lady getting a streach after hours of sitting at her flower stall outside of a temple in Ulsoor market area, most of the temples seen having such flower stalls just at the entrace supported by devotees buying them for the offerings... simulteniously supporting the needy to make their living...