ARJUN RAVINDRAN
Floating Church

PFA a photo of the submerged shettihalli Rosary church, in a village about 20 km away from Hassan city in karnataka, India. This church was built by French missionaries in 1860, but was submerged in 1960 due to the construction of a dam. To truly appreciate the beauty of this desolate church, one must visit it twice, one when it is submerged, and the second time when the water recedes and you can walk into the church.

It is also called floating church or submerged church. It is one of the few churches in India which follows the Gothic style of architecture.

This high res pic was taken early in the morning on 28th Dec 2022 using my Sony dslr A7III camera. Taken using 28-70 mm lens with a focal length of 36mm with an f stop of 7.1, exposure time of 1/160 and iso of 640.

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