India, May 3 -- Raghu Rai's photographs immortalised India's soul, capturing humanity, faith, suffering, and beauty with unmatched depth and compassion

Raghu Rai the legendary photographer was born in Jhang (now Pakistan) on 18th December 1942 and died on 26th April '26 in New Delhi at a hospital. He died of cancer which had spread. He leaves behind a body of work that can best be described as contemporary India's visual history, for each of his photographs speaks to you and leaves an unerasable impression.

Raghu as he was known to friends was tall, handsome and very strong. He carried his camera close to his body like an inner eye, believing in the concept of 'darshan'. He once said, 'kehte hein kan kan meinbhagwan hein' - that god exi...