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Mondrian in Bundi. Rajasthan




While in Bundi I saw this house , the only think that came to my mind was Mondrian.
A nice quitet town, even though I was there during the monsoon.

Veg Restaurants. New Delhi



Restaurants in front of the New Delhi train station in Pahar Ganj

Chapatis. A village near Jodhpur. Rajasthan



A Rajasthani woman and her daugther in law preparing the dough for Millet chapatis in a little village 30km south of Jodhpur

All Aboard. Gwalior. Madhya Pradesh



A train about to leave in the Gwalior train Station.

Home. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh



A little shop "Home" in a street of Varanasi

Pilgrim. Tiruchendur. Tamil Nadu




A tired pilgrim waiting for the temple to open up in Tiruchendur

Street Life. Ahmadabad. Gujarat


A typical street life scene in Ahmedabad, near the Swaminarayan temple, a lively and welcoming city of Gujarat

Baskets. Orchha. Madhya Pradesh


An Indian woman coming back from the market in a street of Orchha. Madya Pradesh.

Pilgrims. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh


Pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh on th banks of the Holy Ganga in Varanasi.

Loknath. Kajuraho. Madhya Pradesh



Loknath  Tiwari, sitting in front of his Home in kajuraho. A 80 years old priest of a Vishnu temple in the old village, his family came to Madhya Pradesh from West Bengal. A wonderful man.

Sumantra. Kajuraho. Madhya Pradesh


Sumantra sitting in front of her home in the old village of Kajuraho.

W A L K I N G. Kuran. Gujarat



A little girl in the village of Kuran in the Great Rann of Kutch. Gujarat.

Kids. Patna. Bihar


Kids going through the trash alongside the Ganges in Patna, trying to find something valuable. One of them was lucky enough to find a 10 Roupies note.

Music. Gwalior. Madhya Pradesh



Jeavand, the owner of a band in his shop on Fort Road in the old town of Gwalior.

Mahout. Sonepur Mela. Bihar




A Mahout  waiting for customers during the Sonepur Mela in Bihar.

A slide show about the Sonepur Mela;

Keta. Ludyia. Gujarat



Keta Bendesar fetching water to prepare tea in her kitchen, in the village of Ludyia in the Great Rann of Kutch.

Jhulari Devi. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh



Jhulari Devi sitting on the threshold of her house in a street of Varanasi.

Gandhi. Ahmedabad. Gujarat



A visitor looking at an image of Gandhi inside the Sabarmati Ashram where Gandhi lived in Ahmedabad.
A wonderful place, very peaceful, very emotional.

Rangmalla. Sonepur Mela. Bihar



Rangmalla, a 30 year old elephant being cleaned up in the Gandak river during the Sonepur Mela in Bihar. 

A slide show about the Sonepur Mela;

G R E E N. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh



Narma Amarna Chowdry posing for me in front of her house in a street near harichendra Ghat in Varanasi.

Elephant. Sonepur Mela. Bihar



A Mahout cleaning his elephant in the Gandak river during the Sonepur Mela in Bihar.
a slideshow about the Sonepur fair:

Kamela. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh




Kamela Sani sitting in front of her house in a little street of Varanasi.

Morning Puja. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh



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

Siddis dancers. Diu




Siddis from Sasan Gir dancing  during the shooting of a video in Diu.
The Siddi came to india a few centuries ago from Uganda, according to a
saying they were given as slaves to the nawab of Junagadh.

Free Food. Orchha. Madhya Pradesh





During the Wedding of Ram and Sita, a religious festival in Orchha, free food is given to pilgrims and sadhus.
Then they try to find a spot where to eat it safely !! 

On the Ghats. Dwarka. Gujarat



Pilgrims from Maharashtra drying saris on the Ghats in the Holy city of Dwarka.

Dhobis. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh


Dhobis in Varanasi, listen to the mood that day:

Having Fun. Dwarka. Gujarat



A girl having a lot of fun with her family, waiting for the temple to open in Dwarka. Gujarat

Home. Orchha. Madhya Pradesh



Ram Devi with her mother Ram Sri welcoming me at the door of their home in Orchha.

Beedis. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh



A pilgrim from Maharashtra smoking his beedi while women are busy drying saris on the bank of the Sacred Ganga in Varanasi.

Offerings. Orchha. Madhya Pradesh


An Indian woman offering freshly picked flowers to Gods in a little temple of Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. HAPPY NEW YEAR

Construction. Sonepur. Bihar



Indian women drying saris after having taken a holy dip in the Gandak River during the Sonepur Mela, in Bihar

K E T A. Ludiya. Gujarat




Keta Ben Desar making "Chai" in her kitchen,  in Ludia, a village of the  Rann of Kutch.

Meditation. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh



A Indian man  trying to meditate as Pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh kid around on the Ghats in Varanasi

Colors. Junagadh. Gujarat



Pilgrims resting before the last climb of the 10.000 steps up Junagadh hill.

Rickshaws. New Delhi.




Waiting for clients in front of the New Delhi train station.

Temple. Orchha. Madhya Pradesh




Pilgrims circling the Ram Raja temple in Orchha where thousands of people came to witness the wedding of Ram and Sita.

Funeral. Sonepur.Bihar



Sri Maitresa Sharma was a Sadhu from Banauli,Bihar. When he died, his brother decided he would come to Sonepur to throw the body in the river on Kartik Purnima day, as a Sadhu can't be cremated. We drove the body in the middle of the river before letting him go.

Devotion. Pushkar. Rajasthan



After the gods celebration near the lake in Puhskar, the family came back to the Home temple where women are still dancing and paying respect to the gods. Thsi woman is praying in front of the home temple.
A slide show of this ceremonial:
www.flickr.com/photos/clodreno/sets/72157610905415088/show/

Saris. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh



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

Incense. Mysore. karnataka



A little girl working in the courtyard of her house. She is making incense like a lot of people around Mysore.
www.clauderenault.fr

Widows. Vrindavan. Uttar Pradesh



Widows leaving the courtyard where they receive their daily meal in the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.

a slide show
www.flickr.com/photos/clodreno/sets/72157600464084928/show/

Home. Moti Bagh. New Delhi



Rani, sitting in front of her house in Moti Bagh, an area of New Delhi.

Home. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh



Sitting in front of his room in a street of Varanasi.

Holy Cows. Jaisalmer. Rajasthan




Cows waiting for something to eat in front of a house inside the jaisalmer's fortress.
I'll leave for India at the end of next month, October 28th, 2009, my first stop will be the Sonepur Mela in Bihar, hopefully i'll get new images to add on this blog.

Students. Tiruparankundram. Tamil Nadu



Brahmins students going to classes in the temple of Tiruparankundram, a little town 20km away from Madurai. Those students study to become priests.

Kusti Wrestler. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh




A kusti wrestler training in a Varanasi Akhara near Scindia Ghat.

Sari. Haridwar. Uttarakhand


A Rajasthani pilgrim drying up a saree on the banks of the Ganges in Haridwar

A Pan Seller. Delhi.



A pan seller in Delhi

Colors. Pushkar. Rajasthan


Sitting in front of their shops on a quiet day in Pushkar. Because of the problems in Kashmir the past summer due to a piece of land for the Amarnath pilgrims, the BJP ( Hindu Fundamentamist Party) called for a strike and suddenly Pushkar was empty, quiet and closed. One shop remained half-opened.

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