Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, April 2014.

Liverpool has two cathedrals, this is the Anglican Cathedral, and the other one is the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral.

 

Vierzehheiligen Church, Bavaria, Germany, August 2013.
The churh is a part of Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, located near the city of Bamberg

Mumbra, Mumbai, India, December 2009

I'm going to leave Göttingen(and Germany)on Tuesday,September 27th,as the term of my research position at the Max Planck Institute(MPI-MMG) will end by the end of September. However I feel like that I'm about departing from Mumbai not Göttingen, since my research was about Mumbai.

Shabih: Amin Imambara, Dongri, Mumbai, December 2010

Iranian community initiated a carnevalisque passion play in Mumbai since the 19th century. The ritual is aimed at representing the passion of the Hussian (the grandson of prophet Mohammad) and his family in the tragic battle of Karbala in the 7th century.

Khichda: Dongri, Mumbai, December 2010

Khichda is Indian porridge; it is an traditional food made and served during Muharram in Mumbai

Taboot: Qaysar Bagh (Kesar Bag), Mumbai, India, December 2009

Taboot is a symbolic coffin carried in Shi'i procession of Muharram. Taboot signifies the coffin of the grandson of Porophet Mohammad martyred at the tragic battle of Karbala in the 7th century. The event is commemorated by Shi'a-Muslims every year in the month of Muharram. Qaysar Bagh hall, also known as Habib high- School, is in the south of Mumbai.

Iranians' Mosque (known as Mugol Masjid), Dongri, Mumbai, India, December 2010

Mugol Masjid, Dongri, Mumbai, India, December 2010 (during the month of Muharram)