Uttar Pradesh. उत्तर प्रदेश

Puja. Varanasi

2010-03-26T14:01:00.000+01:00

Maheshwar, a young Brahmin during the morning Puja on the banks of the sacred Ganges in Varanasi.
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Morning Puja. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

2010-03-26T14:00:00.000+01:00

Morning Puja for young Brahmin on the banks of the Holy Ganges in Varanasi.

Kusti. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

2010-03-26T13:58:00.000+01:00

Wrestlers training in Varanasi

Raj Kumari. Varanasi

2010-03-26T13:56:00.000+01:00

Raj Kumari, sitting in front of her home in Varanasi.
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Home. Mathura

2009-10-20T10:33:00.001+01:00

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

2009-10-13T10:29:00.001+01:00

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

2009-09-28T09:01:00.000+01:00

Pilgrims alongside the Yamuna river during Ganga festival in Agra.
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Milkmen. Ramnagar

2009-09-26T15:25:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-23T14:03:00.000+01:00

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

2009-03-22T15:10:00.002+01:00

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

2009-03-21T08:14:00.002+01:00

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

2008-12-18T15:46:00.001+01:00

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

2008-12-12T17:39:00.000+01:00

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

2008-09-23T10:29:00.000+01:00

Aarti. Varanasi

2008-09-23T10:28:00.000+01:00

Pilgrims during the Aarti on the ghats in Varanasi

Home. Varanasi

2008-09-23T10:26:00.001+01:00

A colorful house in Varanasi

Kusti. Varanasi.

2008-09-11T09:59:00.001+01:00

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

2008-09-08T09:01:00.001+01:00

Wrestlers training inside the Narsingiam Sala Akhara in Varanasi.

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Monsoon. Varanasi

2008-09-08T08:59:00.000+01:00

Shopkeepers chatting during a storm in Varanasi

Sadhu. Varanasi

2008-09-05T13:31:00.000+01:00

A sadhu on the ghats in Varanasi

Mungi. Varanasi

2008-09-03T09:14:00.002+01:00

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

2008-08-20T08:28:00.002+01:00

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.

Warp. Ramnagar.

2008-03-03T09:55:00.000+01:00

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

2007-11-28T11:08:00.000+01:00

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

2007-11-15T19:28:00.000+01:00

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

2007-10-27T08:42:00.001+01:00

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

Prayer. Mathura

2007-08-24T17:32:00.000+01:00

A man praying alongside the sacred Yamuna river in Mathura.

Weaver. Varanasi

2007-06-04T14:55:00.001+01:00

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

Chai. Varanasi

2007-05-26T13:30:00.001+01:00

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

2007-05-16T17:24:00.000+01:00

Sweeping inside a Mosque in Beatiful Agra

Nagababa. Varanasi

2007-05-13T13:11:00.000+01:00

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

2007-05-13T12:52:00.000+01:00

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

2007-05-08T15:23:00.000+01:00

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

2007-05-08T15:22:00.000+01:00

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.

Saris. Prayag.

2007-05-04T10:33:00.000+01:00

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

2007-05-02T08:44:00.000+01:00

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

Saree. Prayag

2007-04-13T16:38:00.000+01:00

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

Langoti. Ramnagar

2007-04-04T11:40:00.000+01:00

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

Ramayana. Ramnagar

2007-04-03T07:49:00.000+01:00

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

Dhobi Wallah. Varanasi

2007-03-29T13:38:00.000+01:00

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

Weaving. Ramnagar

2007-03-29T12:23:00.000+01:00

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

Sarasvati Puja. Varanasi

2007-03-29T11:59:00.000+01:00

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

Ramayana. Ramnagar

2007-03-28T12:33:00.000+01:00

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

Sadhus. Varanasi

2007-03-24T10:05:00.000+01:00

Sadhus on the Ghats in Varanasi

Working. Varanasi

2007-03-23T15:07:00.001+01:00

Working in his shop in a Varanasi Gali

A shop. Varanasi

2007-03-23T13:53:00.000+01:00

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

Cremation. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

2007-03-23T13:40:00.000+01:00

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

Barber. Varanasi

2007-03-23T13:38:00.000+01:00

Life. Varanasi

2007-03-23T09:25:00.000+01:00

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

Milkman. Ramnagar

2007-03-22T10:52:00.000+01:00

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

Sarasvati Puja. Varanasi

2007-03-21T08:35:00.001+01:00

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

Sarasvati Puja. Ramnagar

2007-03-21T08:31:00.000+01:00

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.

Sarasvati Puja. Ramnagar

2007-03-21T08:30:00.000+01:00

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

Sarasvati Puja. Ramnagar

2007-03-20T10:59:00.000+01:00

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

Night Traffic. Varanasi

2007-03-20T10:52:00.001+01:00

Traffic as usual in the streets of Varanasi.

A Milkman. Varanasi

2007-03-20T10:41:00.000+01:00

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

Sweeper. Varanasi

2007-03-20T10:40:00.001+01:00

A sweeper on the ghats in Varanasi

Dahi. Varanasi

2007-03-19T17:37:00.000+01:00

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

Light.Varanasi

2007-03-19T16:16:00.000+01:00

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

Sarasvati Puja. Varanasi

2007-03-19T16:12:00.000+01:00

A priest doing a Puja on Sarasvati day in Varanasi

Walls. Varanasi

2007-03-19T16:05:00.000+01:00

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

Away, Go away. Varanasi

2007-03-19T16:03:00.000+01:00

A woman scaring away a bull on the ghats in varanasi

Yellow. Varanasi

2007-03-16T18:34:00.000+01:00

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

Sailing. Varanasi

2007-03-15T10:25:00.000+01:00

Sailing on the Sacred Ganges.

Making Chapati. Ramnagar

2007-03-14T15:13:00.000+01:00

Working. Ramnagar

2007-02-13T12:10:00.000+01:00

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

Lace Work. Ramnagar

2007-02-12T13:41:00.000+01:00

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

Blue. Varanasi

2007-02-09T08:49:00.001+01:00

A triangle of colors on the Ghats in Varanasi

Pilgrims. Varanasi

2007-02-09T08:48:00.000+01:00

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

On the Ghats. Varanasi

2007-02-08T21:44:00.000+01:00

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

Puja. Varanasi.

2006-12-12T20:49:00.000+01:00

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

Diving. Varanasi.

2006-12-12T20:46:00.000+01:00

Kids diving in the Ganges in Varanasi, on the Ghats

Tilak. Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:52:00.000+01:00

In a small temple alongside Mother Ganga on the ghats.

Meditation. Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:51:00.001+01:00

Water. Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:50:00.001+01:00

Sacred thread. Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:49:00.001+01:00

Encounter in Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:47:00.001+01:00

The Mosque. Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:46:00.001+01:00

Begging. Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:43:00.000+01:00

Sweet making. Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:41:00.000+01:00

Begging, praying .Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:40:00.000+01:00

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.

Peace. Varanasi

2006-12-12T17:18:00.000+01:00

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

Puja on the Yamuna. Agra

2006-11-30T12:36:00.000+01:00

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

A Nice shop. Varanasi

2006-11-25T16:11:00.000+01:00

On the ghats. Varanasi

2006-11-25T16:10:00.000+01:00

Buffaloes. Varanasi

2006-11-25T16:08:00.000+01:00

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

Wrestller. Varanasi

2006-11-25T16:07:00.001+01:00

A wrestler training himself alongside the Ganges

Before the storm. Mathura

2006-11-25T08:50:00.000+01:00

Ear cleaning. Mathura

2006-11-25T08:49:00.000+01:00

A scene you sometime come across in the streets of India

Quiet life. Vrindavan.

2006-11-25T08:47:00.001+01:00

Reading in front of his house in Vrindavan

Far Away Taj Mahal . Agra

2006-11-25T08:44:00.000+01:00

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

Shrine. Mathura

2006-11-25T08:43:00.001+01:00

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

A room with a view. Varanasi

2006-11-22T11:48:00.001+01:00

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

Laundry day. Varanasi

2006-11-22T11:46:00.001+01:00

A brahmin doing his laundry in the Ganges

Puja . Varanasi

2006-11-22T11:44:00.000+01:00

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.

A Puja on Assi Ghats. Varanasi

2006-11-22T11:43:00.000+01:00

Fishing. Varanasi

2006-11-22T11:42:00.000+01:00

The ghats. Varanasi

2006-11-22T11:41:00.000+01:00

On the ghats. Varanasi

2006-11-22T11:40:00.001+01:00

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

My parrot. Varanasi

2006-11-22T11:37:00.001+01:00