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Deer at Bandipur
So many curious deer near the villages of Bandipur. All curious about the vehicles and people on the highway // VIEW POST //
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chotiwalla
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Hail an Auto
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Dance
This was a performance put up for benefit of the tourists. Imagine these colorful ladies in the courtyard of the white city of Udaipur! Fantastically and out of this world! // VIEW POST //
Messenger this Secret Wish for me
South India, every Shiva temple has a sitting bull, the mount of Lord Shiva. It is believed that since the bill is a close associate of the lord, he will be a messenger. Here the sacred bull don’t look like he likes being whispered to much – perhaps he is tickled! // VIEW POST //
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Rishikesh Ganga Aarthi
Opposite to an ashram aptly called ‘Paramaarthi Niketan’. At sunset, they sing Bhajans and perform the GangaAarthi. // VIEW POST //
Ganga Arti – Orange on Beautiful Blue
The color play is so electrifying and mesmerizing that you can watch the Aarti forever irrespective of whether you are a believer or not! // VIEW POST //
Udaipur Lake Palace
Window to inner rooms Udaipur Showing Krishna & Radha
These are windows into rooms that were used by royalty some decades ago. These have brightly colored walls with beautiful, really beautiful murals on them. // VIEW POST //
gurudwara-doorway
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Collaborative Graffiti
Typically at a famous place, people would want to wall, mark that they witnesses the place. They write their names, their messages for people who come in after them, put up some graffiti. // VIEW POST //
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Makara Gargoyle Plumbing
this was a temple’s or garbha griha’s gargoyle (water spout). Details on the Makara are elegant foliage-like. It’s dated 11 Century Bihar, and can be found at India Museum Kolkata on the ground floor. // VIEW POST //
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Sailing into the sunset
Bridging Asia and Europe
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pigeon
Curious Bird
A reluctant horse
on the way to Hem Kund sahib
Lamb
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Beautiful Butterfly
horse portrait
wood-pecker
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Soldiers
On the way from Vaisno Devi. Their presence was striking. They both seem to do the job of other soldiers on the way – keep a watch over the pilgrims.
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