Uttar Pradesh. उत्तर प्रदेश

Home. Mathura
20.10.09

A sadhu posing for me inside the home he made for himself on the banks of the Yamuna river in Mathura.
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Sari. Varanasi
13.10.09

A pilgrim drying her sari after having taken her Holy bath, on the banks of the Sacred Ganges.
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Festival. Agra.
28.9.09

Pilgrims alongside the Yamuna river during Ganga festival in Agra.
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Milkmen washing their pots at the end of a work day in Ramnagar. They sell the milk in the Varanasi milkmarket, then come back to Ramnagar where they live and wash the pots in the Sacred Ganga.
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Music. Vrindavan
23.9.09

A Sadhu singing and playing music in a street of Vrindavan.
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Buffalos. Varanasi
22.3.09

Buffalos coming out of the sacred Ganges after the evening bath alongside the ghats in Varanasi.
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Cow Dung. Ramnagar
21.3.09

Indian women putting up Cow Dung cakes to dry next to a mustard field in the village of Ramnagar. They use it as a fuel.
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Ghee. Ramnagar
18.12.08

The milkman starting making Ghee ( clarified butter, no cholesterol !) in the village of Ramnagar, near Varanasi. He makes the best "Curd", yogurth I ever had.
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Smoking. Varanasi
12.12.08

A Indian man smoking a beedi near Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi.
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Going Home. Varanasi
23.9.08

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Aarti. Varanasi

Pilgrims during the Aarti on the ghats in Varanasi

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Home. Varanasi

A colorful house in Varanasi

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Kusti. Varanasi.
11.9.08

A few Kusti wrestlers training in the Shri Narsingha Vyayamshala akhara alongside the ghats.
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Kusti; Varanasi
8.9.08

Wrestlers training inside the Narsingiam Sala Akhara in Varanasi.

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Monsoon. Varanasi

Shopkeepers chatting during a storm in Varanasi

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Sadhu. Varanasi
5.9.08

A sadhu on the ghats in Varanasi

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Mungi. Varanasi
3.9.08

Mungi, inside the Narsingiam Sala Akhara in Varanasi. Every morning he is there to do some exercises with the wrestlers.
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B A I D E H I. Varanasi
20.8.08

I met Baidehi the irst time 5 years ago in Varanasi. Every time I travel there I pay her a visit. Happy to see she is well.

Baidehi is a old woman, people told me, 100 years old. She is a destitute woman from the state of Bihar. She came to Varanasi to die. She is living with other older women inside a house next to the cremation ghats.
A very nice woman, I forgot her name, has set up this place for those women to die peacefully.
she was adorable.

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Warp. Ramnagar.
3.3.08

A man sitting in the village of Ramnagar, across the Ganges from Varanasi. In the foreground, colors from the warp weavers were starting.

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Dasaswamedh Ghats. varanasi
28.11.07

Dasaswamedh Ghat - the main ghat and site of the large evening aarti. A lot of Beggars everyday sit on those steps to make a living from the faithful going down to the Holy Ganges.

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Nagababa. Allahabad
15.11.07

A Nagababa trying to warm up after coming out of the Holy Ganges during the main bath of the Ardh Kumbh Mela 2007
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Praying. Varanasi
27.10.07

A woman praying in a little shrine on the Ghats, alongside the ganges in Varanasi

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Prayer. Mathura
24.8.07

A man praying alongside the sacred Yamuna river in Mathura.

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Weaver. Varanasi
4.6.07

A weaver in the countryside around Varanasi.
Some of the most beautiful sarees woven in India are woven there.

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Chai. Varanasi
26.5.07

A Indian woman drinking Chai on the banks of the Holy Ganges in Varanasi. You can see Varanasi in the background. She wass selling flowers for the pilgrims who crossed the Ganges to do their puja
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Sweeping. Agra
16.5.07

Sweeping inside a Mosque in Beatiful Agra

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Nagababa. Varanasi
13.5.07

A Nagababa Sadhu covering himself with ashes on Harichandra Ghat in Varanasi, a burning ghat. I already posted an image of him shot at night.

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Fisherman. Ramnagar

A fisherman, you can barely see the fishing line he is holding in his hand. He is sitting in front of the Maharaja's palace in Ramnagar. On the other side of the floating bridge, Varanasi.

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End of the process. Ramnagar
8.5.07

A "Curd maker" and "Ghee maker" in the village of Ramnagar. I think one of the best Curd ( yogurt ) I ever had.
Not only his curd is good but this man is really nice. In this image he is starting the process of the Ghee making ( Clarified butter ).I forgot to say in the previous message to say that the smell is really nice too.
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Ghee Making. Ramnagar

A "Curd maker" and "Ghee maker" in the village of Ramnagar. I think one of the best Curd ( yogurt ) I ever had.
Not only his curd is good but this man is really nice. In this image he is starting the process of the Ghee making ( Clarified butter ). I 'll post another image at the end of the process.

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Saris. Prayag.
4.5.07

Saris drying in Prayag during the Ardh Kumbh Mela 2007.
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Colorful Setting. Varanasi
2.5.07

A sadhu resting on the Ghats in Varanasi, a colorful setting.

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Saree. Prayag
13.4.07

Drying a saree during the Ardh Kumbh Mela 2007 in Allahabad.

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Langoti. Ramnagar
4.4.07

A milkman washing his milk churn behind langoti ( the indian underwear )drying while a devout is taking his holy bath

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Ramayana. Ramnagar
3.4.07

A reading of the Ramayana inside a little temple in Ramnagar. It's was transmitted all over the village with loudspeakers, a few days.

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Dhobi Wallah. Varanasi
29.3.07

Morning alongside the River Ganges in Varanasi. Dhobi Wallah at work.

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Weaving. Ramnagar

A weaver in his workshop and his Jacquard loom. A hard work to do.

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Sarasvati Puja. Varanasi

A priest performing a Puja during the Sarasvati festival in a small temple in Varanasi

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Ramayana. Ramnagar
28.3.07

A faithfull reading the Ramayana inside a temple outside the village of Ramnagar, not far from Varanasi

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Sadhus. Varanasi
24.3.07

Sadhus on the Ghats in Varanasi

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Working. Varanasi
23.3.07

Working in his shop in a Varanasi Gali

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A shop. Varanasi

An Indian woman working in her shop in a Gali in Varanasi

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Cremation. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

A Cremation in Varanasi. Night time. it never stops..

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Barber. Varanasi

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Life. Varanasi

Pilgrims coming from Nepal and going to Assi Ghat, a man brushing his teeth and a woman drying her sari. Life as usual in Varanasi

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Milkman. Ramnagar
22.3.07

A milkman cleaning his milk-churn in the Sacred ganges, on his way home from the Varanasi milk market

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Sarasvati Puja. Varanasi
21.3.07

At the end of the Sarasvati Puja, all the sculptures of the Goddess are thrown into the river Ganges.
A multitude of them.

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Sarasvati Puja. Ramnagar

People from Ramnagar during the Sarasvati Puja. They are on their way to through away the effigies of Sarasvati into the Ganges. In between they play music and dance.

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Sarasvati Puja. Ramnagar

On their way to through away the effigie of Sarasvati into the Ganges on the floating bridge between Ramnagar and Varanasi.

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Sarasvati Puja. Ramnagar
20.3.07

At the end of the Sarasvati Puja festival, pilgrims crossing the Ganges in Ramnagar to through away the effigie of Sarasvati in the Sacred River

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Night Traffic. Varanasi

Traffic as usual in the streets of Varanasi.

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A Milkman. Varanasi

A milkman cleaning up his milk-churns in the Sacred Ganges, across from Varanasi

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Sweeper. Varanasi

A sweeper on the ghats in Varanasi

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Dahi. Varanasi
19.3.07

A man making Dahi ( yoghurt ) in his shop in Varanasi

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Light.Varanasi

A woman selling flowers and candles for Puja on the banks of the sacred ganges, across from Varanasi

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Sarasvati Puja. Varanasi

A priest doing a Puja on Sarasvati day in Varanasi

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Walls. Varanasi

A cute girl dressed up for the Saraswati Puja on the threshold of her house in Varanasi

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Away, Go away. Varanasi

A woman scaring away a bull on the ghats in varanasi

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Yellow. Varanasi
16.3.07

A pilgrim drying up her sari before crossing the Ganges in Varanasi

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Sailing. Varanasi
15.3.07

Sailing on the Sacred Ganges.

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Making Chapati. Ramnagar
14.3.07

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Working. Ramnagar
13.2.07

A young mother doing lace work in the shade while her baby is drinking his milk.

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Lace Work. Ramnagar
12.2.07

Doing lace work in front of her house in the village of Ramnagar, a few km away from Varanasi

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Blue. Varanasi
9.2.07

A triangle of colors on the Ghats in Varanasi

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Pilgrims. Varanasi

Pilgrims from Nepal staying a few days in varanasi on Assi ghat. They were all coming back from the Ardh Khumbh Mela in Allahabad before heading back, home to Nepal

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On the Ghats. Varanasi
8.2.07

A street seller going away at dusk on the ghats in Varanasi

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Puja. Varanasi.
12.12.06

Pilgrims ( brahmins) from Andhra Pradesh praying in Varanasi, on the ghats.

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Diving. Varanasi.

Kids diving in the Ganges in Varanasi, on the Ghats

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Tilak. Varanasi

In a small temple alongside Mother Ganga on the ghats.

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Meditation. Varanasi

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Water. Varanasi

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Sacred thread. Varanasi

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Encounter in Varanasi

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The Mosque. Varanasi

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Begging. Varanasi

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Sweet making. Varanasi

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Begging, praying .Varanasi

I shot this going down to the Dasawamedh Ghat to reach the Holy Ganges..
The steps are crowded everyday with beggars waiting the people going to do the morning puja to give them something. A special atmosphere.

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Peace. Varanasi

One of my favorite image... I don't really know why!

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Puja on the Yamuna. Agra
30.11.06

A morning Puja in the Sacred Yamuna during the Ganga festival in Agra

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A Nice shop. Varanasi
25.11.06

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On the ghats. Varanasi

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Buffaloes. Varanasi

A man and his herd of buffaloes in the Ganges in Varanasi.
A quiet scene.

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Wrestller. Varanasi

A wrestler training himself alongside the Ganges

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Before the storm. Mathura

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Ear cleaning. Mathura

A scene you sometime come across in the streets of India

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Quiet life. Vrindavan.

Reading in front of his house in Vrindavan

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Far Away Taj Mahal . Agra

Dhobi Wallah in front of the Taj Mahal on the banks of the Sacred Yamuna river

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Shrine. Mathura

A man thinking, a shrine, a tree, and a monkey, a peaceful scene

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A room with a view. Varanasi
22.11.06

Some rickshaw drivers coming to clean up their vehicle in the morning.
My bedroom's view....

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Laundry day. Varanasi

A brahmin doing his laundry in the Ganges

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Puja . Varanasi

A woman doing a Puja alongside the sacred ganges, in a little shrine on the Ghats in Beautiful Varanasi. One of my favorite place on earth.

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A Puja on Assi Ghats. Varanasi

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Fishing. Varanasi

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The ghats. Varanasi

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On the ghats. Varanasi

A man drying his dhoti on the ghats.
Far away you can see the bridge leading to the Maharadja Palace in Ramnagar.

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My parrot. Varanasi

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Laundry on the ghats. Varanasi

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Puja. Varanasi

A daily scene one can witness every morning on the ghats in Varanasi.

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Devotion. Varanasi

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Manikarnika ghat. Varanasi

One of the cremation ghat in Varanasi

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Slented temple. Varanasi

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Shrine. Varanasi

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Morning Puja. Varanasi

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Water. Allahabad

This woman is a pilgrim, she came to Sangam, where the Yamuna meets the Ganges,
a few km away from Allahabad.
Every 12 years, in Sangam, takes place one of the biggest pilgrimage in the world, the Khumba Mela.

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Milking in Varanasi .

Milking in Varanasi, near the Hotel Alka.

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Slente Temple. Varanasi

Pilgrims near the slented temple, near Scindhya Ghat in Varanasi

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Baidehi. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh
18.11.06

Baidehi is an old woman, people told me, 100 years old. She is a destitute woman from the state of Bihar.
She came to Varanasi to die. She is living with other older women inside a house next to the cremation ghats.
You can see all her belongings next to the clay oven where she cooks her meals.
A very nice woman, I forgot her name, has set up this place for those women to die peacefully.
she was adorable.