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Naresh cooking dinner.
Naresh is cook & caretaker of "Conifer Lodge & restaurant" in Bhagsu
(upper McLeod Ganj).
A shot fromDharmashala , Himachal Pradesh, India.
2 teams, perhaps consisting of 4 villages have to make circuits of the temple carrying this heavy wooden tower. The times I saw this, they usually made between 3 and 6 circuits. The idea is to not let the 'legs' of the tower touch the floor - if you do, you lose and the other side wins - and then its all over and the winners go mental. It seems highly competitive and dangerous and I'm quite amazed i did'nt see any injuries or deaths.
One idea is to push these wooden legs or above your head, therefore putting a greater share of the weight on the other side. I'm sure organisation of your team or villages can help alot the chances of winning, yet I saw no real organisation or any team leaders - but that the amazing thing with India and Indians - organised chaos - an order exists but not as Europeans would know it. Lots of drunken wildness and crazy dancing when one side had won (although it seems not so unusual for both sides to think they have won - but nobody cared!) and the police were standing by to wade in to wack people with their sticks if things got out of hand, which they invariably did, although considering the situation, everybody was quite well- behaved, although the girls and women wisely stay out of the temple precinct during this carry on, preferring the relative safety of the rooftops of surrounding houses.
two woman in mumbai making a phone call on a public phone
A family scavenging on a rubbish tip in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi - every rupee counts for many families.
Member of the Aghori, those who worship Shiva the god of death. Covered in cremation ashes and holding up a black painted human skull, from which he eats and drinks. He lives by the burning ghats in Varanasi, where Indian pilgrlms often come to die and be cremated by the Ganges river.
Behind every success , there will be a women ….But the reality ……
Tibetan lady outside a shop in the Tibetan Colony, Majnu Ka Tila, Delhi.
Rickshaw - originally a Japanese concept meaning human powered vehicle was introduced in Kolkata by Chinese immigrants in the 19th Century. It continues in the modern age despite it degrading the human values in one man pulling another.
Monks in Lingshed gompa in Ladakh.
a Buddhist monk, between prayers
bodhgaya, bihar.
Chidambaram - Tamil Nadu - South India.
At the bottom of the East gopuram , main entrance of the Shiva Nataraja Temple (see previous picture), is a little shrine dedicated to Ganesha (Pillayar in Tamil).
At night fall, this gopuram is enlightened by huge floodlights (godsends for a non - SLR digital camera, therefore very noisy at 400 asa!
I followed this man as he wobbled along the rural back roads near Chidamburam stopping along the way to sell his brightly coloured wares.
Pahar Ganj has its fair share of parades and festivals. This one seemed to be connected with Sai Baba and some of Delhi's best bands were taking part
Kambala is traditionally a buffalo race. The 'track' used for Kambala is a paddy field filled with slush. The contest generally takes place between two pairs of buffaloes, controlled by a whip-lashing farmer.
Pondicherry - Union Territory of Pondicherry - South India.
Goubert, or Big Market. Nehru Street.
A market is often a magic place, with so many colors and smells, with his high in colour sellers and customers; So is the Poncherry market.
With its blue and yellow plastic hangings under the sun, the light is great.
Its very nice to have a stroll here, talking, and taking pictures...
The painted elephant getting ready to take someone on a joyride in the pinkcity with the Hawa Mahal in the background and the rickshawallahs epitomise what is essentially Jaipur.
Wooden boats in renewing in Veraval harbour. These boats are all wood builded. Some poor people like this woman come here to get some pieces of wood for cooking.
Returning from a day of hard work, carrying fire wood as fuel for cooking at home. This shot was taken from goa.
"I work 15 hours a day.
Get no insurance or sick days.
I have no savings and no home. Do you still think your life isn't that good enough?"
Kottackal Chandra Sekharan performs as Dharmaputhrar in "GANDHARI VILAPAM "
Kathakali: (Malayalam: കഥകളി, pronounced [kət̪ʰəkəɭi]) is a highly stylised classical Indian dance-drama noted for its attractive make-up of characters, their elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion. It originated in the country's southern state of Kerala during the 16th century AD, approximately between 1555 and 1605, and has been updated over the years with improved looks, refined gestures and added themes besides more ornate singing and precise drumming ./wikipedia/
Just trying out a crop of my original posted here earlier...
This man is taking the old woman across the small canal. The canal is used for water transport and I was in a boat passing through this canal when I shot this one.
Shot on Kottayam Alleppey boat ride, Dec 30, 2008
Congress Party supporters, during the Lok Sabha Election Rally, at MMRDA Grounds, Mumbai, India, April 26, 2009.
Congress lead UPA won again in the election.
Guru Nanak Dev (20 October1469– 22 September 1539), was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs. Nanak was born in a Bedi family of Hindu Khatri clan, in the village of Rāi Bhōi , now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore (in present-day Pakistan)
He is revered not only by Sikhs, but also by Hindus and Muslims in the Punjab and across the Indian subcontinent His primary message to society was recorded to be"devotion of thought and excellence of conduct as the first of duties"
Guru Nanak’s birthday as per Hindu calender was celebrated yesterday.Here Hindu and Sikh devotees are lighting candles at Bangla Sahib Gurdwara(Temple
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