Uttar Pradesh. उत्तर प्रदेश

26.3.10

Puja. Varanasi

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

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

Kusti. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

Wrestlers training in Varanasi

Raj Kumari. Varanasi

Raj Kumari, sitting in front of her home in Varanasi.
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20.10.09

Home. Mathura

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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13.10.09

Sari. Varanasi

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

Festival. Agra.

Pilgrims alongside the Yamuna river during Ganga festival in Agra.
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26.9.09

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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23.9.09

Music. Vrindavan

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

Buffalos. Varanasi

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

Cow Dung. Ramnagar

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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18.12.08

Ghee. Ramnagar

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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12.12.08

Smoking. Varanasi

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

Going Home. Varanasi

Aarti. Varanasi

Pilgrims during the Aarti on the ghats in Varanasi

Home. Varanasi

A colorful house in Varanasi

11.9.08

Kusti. Varanasi.

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

Kusti; Varanasi

Wrestlers training inside the Narsingiam Sala Akhara in Varanasi.

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Monsoon. Varanasi

Shopkeepers chatting during a storm in Varanasi

5.9.08

Sadhu. Varanasi

A sadhu on the ghats in Varanasi

3.9.08

Mungi. Varanasi

Mungi, inside the Narsingiam Sala Akhara in Varanasi. Every morning he is there to do some exercises with the wrestlers.
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20.8.08

B A I D E H I. Varanasi

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.

3.3.08

Warp. Ramnagar.

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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28.11.07

Dasaswamedh Ghats. varanasi

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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15.11.07

Nagababa. Allahabad

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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27.10.07

Praying. Varanasi

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

24.8.07

Prayer. Mathura

A man praying alongside the sacred Yamuna river in Mathura.

4.6.07

Weaver. Varanasi

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

26.5.07

Chai. Varanasi

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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16.5.07

Sweeping. Agra

Sweeping inside a Mosque in Beatiful Agra

13.5.07

Nagababa. Varanasi

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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8.5.07

End of the process. 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 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.