Tag: India

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Traders at the Pushkar Camel Fair
Traders at the Pushkar Camel Fair

This is our last coverage of the Camel Fair at Pushkar and the camel traders with their colorful turbans. Tomorrow, we’ll look at Pushkar town, made holy by the sacred lake that it is built around and a rare temple to Brahma. It’s our final day at Pushkar before we move on to Samode, ...

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Pushkar Fair Parade
Pushkar Fair Parade

A grand parade through the streets of Pushkar this morning. Sadhus, music and unending showers of flowers.

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Spending time with the locals
Spending time with the locals

A big part of our spiritual adventure is to take our travelers of the beaten path and engage them with the locals. In a little village in west Rajasthan our travelers make new friends.

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South Indian Vegetables
South Indian Vegetables

In Erratupetta, Kerala, the vegetable merchants take particular pride in extravagant displays of local produce. Cabbages, pumpkins and squash make up the lower half of this particularly lavish arrangement, while carrots, bitter gourd and beautiful red banana flowers peer through a dangling canopy...

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Mommy, who’s taking a photo of us?
Mommy, who’s taking a photo of us?

This photo makes Day 28 of our month long series of photos on Rajasthan. It was taken in the village of Khejarla, east of Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India.

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Portrait of a Sadhu
Portrait of a Sadhu

A few years ago, I came across this man in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Dressed as a sadhu he was sitting on the side of a shady street in the pink city. I could not help but stop and ask if I could photograph him. He agreed in exchange for a few rupees. I felt it was…

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The Mysterious Turban
The Mysterious Turban

What appears to be an endlessly long piece of fabric wraps a countless number of times around the head of a Rajasthani man to form a massive turban. The turban known as Pagadis in the local language denotes a persons’ caste, culture and profession. Each color within a turban has its own sig...

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