The Peacemaker of Juhu

Krishna Das, aged 50, has been coming to this particular traffic signal in Juhu Circle, Mumbai, for the past five years to spread harmony. According to people living in the area, he stands here for four or five hours each day holding a placard that reads ‘Follow your religion, love everybody’. Dressed regularly in white, he smiles into each passing car, waving at those who make eye contact with him. According to him, many Bollywood actors and other famous personalities greet him when they pass by.

Krishna Das, aged 50, has been coming to this particular traffic signal in Juhu Circle, Mumbai, for the past five years to spread harmony. According to people living in the area, he stands here for four or five hours each day holding a placard that reads ‘Follow your religion, love everybody’. Dressed regularly in white, he smiles into each passing car, waving at those who make eye contact with him. According to him, many Bollywood actors and other famous personalities greet him when they pass by.

Das was a garment salesman in the 1990s when he says he had a ‘spiritual awakening’. He then left home and went to Chitrakoot and the Himalayas, meeting gurus and imams. That’s when he realised that followers of different religions wouldn’t always see eye to eye. “The solution is my short message which is written on the placard,” he says

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Ashish Sharma

Ashish Sharma is an award-winning photojournalist with a lens that captures the 'moment' in its minutest detail. With over a decade in photojournalism, he is currently Deputy Photo Editor at Open Magazine

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