INDIA 1999
A girl from Khajuraho.
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A beggar from Amristar.
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Bramin - a Hindu priest.
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Punjabi man.
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Religious ritual by the Ganges river. One man dips flowers in water form Ganges, while the other reads a prayer.
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One of the pilgrims who came to Varanasi in order to take a cleansing bathe in the Ganges river.
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Sikhs never shave their beard and always wear turban in accordance with their religion.
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Around Golden Temple in Amritsar there are many people absorbed by prayer.
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In Amritsar.
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Traditional dress in Kulu valley in Himical Prades.
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Young Buddhist monk pours Tibetan tea. The beverage is made of black tea, salt and butter.
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Leh 3505m above sea level. It is a capital of the region called "Little Tibet".
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Ladakh - 90% of population in this region practices Buddhism therefore Buddhist stupas are very numerous.
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Main interior hall of a Buddhist temple.
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For centuries Buddhist believers have left prayer stones across the land.
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"House boats" here slums in Srinigar.
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The crop of Indian hemp (marijuana) is illegal, but many locals manufacture hashish.
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Trumpeters during 4-day festival in Budughi temple placed in inaccessible part of the mountains in Himical Prades.
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Tractoroller.
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Darjiling well known from tea production. The mountain in the background is Kangchenjunga 8586m.
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Darjiling - women pick just the fresh shoots of tea leaves.
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Shepherdess.
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Buddhist monks washing dishes.
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Carrom is a popular game in India and in Nepal.
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Golden Temple - the holiest place for Sikhs.
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In Amritsar.
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In Amritsar.
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In Amritsar.
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In Amritsar.
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A woman inside the Golden Temple.
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Women and a Bramin during Hindu ritual by the holy lake Pushkar.
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Women and a Bramin during Hindu ritual by the holy lake Pushkar.
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A holy cow.
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A dentist working on a footpath in a center of a city.
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The narrow section between street lanes is not the quietest place for a nap, but at least no one disturbs.
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Drying cow dung is irreplaceable and cheap fuel.
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Homes on defence wall of the city Jailsamer.
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A street in Jailsamer.
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A city Udajpur.
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Dying threads.
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In Jodhpur the blue colour occurred just on the northern sides of buildings, but the other side was white.
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One of the streets in Jodhpur.
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Fateher Sikri was the capital of India from 1570 to 1585 during the reign of emperor Akbar.
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The Taj Mahal at Agra is India's most famous building. The beautiful white marble tomb was built in the Islamic style about 1650.
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This form of decorative art hasn't changed in Agra for centuries. Precious stones are pressed into the marble.
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Hinduism forbids killing and eating cows, therefore the dead corpses are taken to one spot far away from town (1/4).
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The hide is peeled from the dead cows, and their meat is left to its own fate (2/4).
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The dead cows, left in the desert are eaten by wild dogs, birds and eventually by worms and insects (3/4).
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As far as my eye could reach I saw the cow corpses and skeletons, which reminded me a huge graveyard (4/4).
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Puri - a boy washes fishing nets after a day of fishing.
26.12.2004 Enormous Earthquake induces tsunami waves, which kill thousands of people. Pictures from 51 to 57 depict places that probably has disappeared.
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Puri - fishermen set off to the ocean.
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Puri - preparation for launching out the boats to the sea
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10 bricks on the head of a teenager. Another girl who was about 8 was carrying 5 of them.
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While men fish or mend fishing nets, women work on a building site.
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In the to left corner of the picture there are two men who didn't become fishermen.
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Busy bridge "Howrah" in Calcutta.
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In Calcutta for 1 km2 there are 33 000 people.
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A street in Varanasi.
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Bicycle service by one of the main streets in the center of New Delhi.
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A fish market on the island of Diu, previously a Portuguese colony.
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Sculptures in Khajuraho complex of temples built from 950-1050. The main decorations depict Woman and Eroticism.
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Banyan tree.
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Taj Mahal in Agra.
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King fisher
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Birds sanctuary "Keoladeo Ghana".
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Me as a ricksha driver.
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Me on the desert Thar.
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Household farm in the Thar desert.
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A woman sells sets for Hindu rituals. On these plates there are petals, a leaf, incense, sour milk, pieces of clay, straws, rice grains etc.
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Bramins - Hindu priests during their religious ceremonies close to the Ganges river.
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Pika.
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