A collection of photographs from travels across India over the years — temple architecture in Karnataka and Rishikesh, wildlife at Bandipur, everyday street life, and quiet details that caught my eye along the way. Click any photo to view it larger.
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
geetabhavanstudents
street-vendor
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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stamppatterns
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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kingofthejungle
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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