Aarti. Pampassar. Karnataka
11.12.08
Near Hampi is a place called Pampassar. Here the meeting of Ram and Hanuman
-chief caracter of the Ramayana - took place, centuries ago… "
This is the picture of a Saddhu, priest of the temple performing an
"Aarti", the waving of lights for the Lord.
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Puja. Hampi
20.12.07
Indian men from Andhra Pradesh doing a puja for deceased family members in the river Tungabhadra in Hampi.
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Bus Stand. Mysore
7.12.07
Indian women waiting for their buses at the bus stand in Mysore
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Chillies. Badami
28.11.07
A woman sitting in front of her house as another one is sorting out chillies drying outside.
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Ploughing. Hampi
An Indian from Hampi ploughing his field
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Resting. Bijapur
13.6.07
Trying to communicate with an Indian woman sitting quietly in front of her house inside the fort in Gulbarga
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"Cow Brand". Bijapur
12.6.07
A food shop in a little street of Bijapur. I liked the "Cow Brand" name.
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Colors, Colors. Bijapur
A colorful working scene in a street of Bijapur.
A hot day it was.
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Smile. Mysore
26.5.07
A woman walking by the streets of Mysore with a huge bag of flowers over her head. She was going to a temple I think.
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Wood Cutter. Bijapur
24.4.07
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Iron. Badami
19.4.07
In front of her house, preparing an Iron . Amazing to see those irons full of burning coal..
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Smile. Hampi
6.4.07
A woman working on the Archeological site in Hampi smiling at me.
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Ganja. Hampi
Smoking Ganja inside the Hanuman temple in Hampi
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Market. Badami
1.4.07
Women on the market in Beautiful Badami
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Abstract Chilies. Badami.. Karnataka
31.3.07
A woman, drying her chillies in front of her house in the lovely town of Badami
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Contrast. Mysore
28.3.07
This man, with two others, was hanging a poster of a movie on the front of a theatre.
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Giving. Badami
A woman giving water and food to a poor personn in Badami. I must add that before giving him water she had given him food, I was too late....What else to say?. Here it seems people give often and all the time.
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Jain prayer. Mysore
A woman praying and listening to Sadhvis in an Ashram.
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Jain temple. Mysore
Women praying and making offerings in a Jain temple in Mysore
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Ayappa Pilgrims. hampi
Those Ayappa pilgrims were admiring the landscape on top of the hill next to the Hanuman temple , near Hampi.
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Colors. Badami
A cubist image of a woman in front of her house next to the sacred tank in Badami
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Sonia. Badami
Election time in Badami.
Sonia Gandhi on the back of a rickshaw..
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Selling rice. Mysore. Karnataka
23.3.07
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Chamundeeswari. Mysore
The Chamundeeswari temple is located on a hill in the vicinity of Mysore and is accessed through a motorable road. Chamundeeswari the tutelary deity of the Mysore Maharajas has been held in reverence for centuries, and the Wodeyars
of Mysore have made extensive contributions to this shrine. Every week the god is taken out of the temple for a procession around the temple. Even Buddhists monks are seen there giving money to the gods.
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Cubism. Badami
A street in Badami, a beautiful town of Karnataka
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Beedis. Mysore. Karnataka
A woman rolling beedis in her home in Mysore
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Hanuman. Mysore
After visiting the temple on Chamundeeswari temple in Mysore, I went to a nearby restaurant with Hanuman .. The Chamundeeswari temple is located on a hill in the vicinity of Mysore and is accessed through a motorable road.
Chamundeeswari the tutelary deity of the Mysore Maharajas has been held in reverence for centuries, and the Wodeyars of Mysore have made extensive contributions to this shrine.
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Jain Sadhvis. Mysore. Karnataka
Three of the Jain sadhvis (women sadhus) I travelled with, meditating in there room before having their lunch.
In front of them a tripod with symbols of their gods inside.
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A sadhu. Pampassar
19.3.07
Subramaniam, a sadhu met while visiting Pampassar, around Hampi
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Preparing the Puja. Pampassar
A Sadhu preparing the shrine for the Puja in Pampassar, near Hampi.
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Hanuman temple. Hampi
The path leading up to Hanuman temple in Hampi. karnataka
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Parvati. Hampi. Karnataka
27.12.06
Parvati was helping an ironsmith with the bellow for the fire.
Shot in hampi where they are renovating old temples..
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Puja. Hampi
Men performing a puja in the Tungabhadra River.
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Puja. Pampassar
A sadhu preparing Nandi for the morning Puja in Pampassar, near Hampi
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Puja.Hampi
A puja for deceased family member
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Puja. Hampi
12.12.06
A puja near the river in Hampi.
A lot of people every morning there doing Pujas for dead realtives and
spreading the ashes afterward in the river.
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Puja. Hampi
11.12.06
Those men were coming to Hampi to do a ritual for a defunt family member.
Water is very important in all religions, especially in Hinduism.
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Wedding. Hampi.
A moslem couple just married came for a celebration alongside the Tungabhadra River.
At the same time an Hindu is taking his ritual bath.
On top of the hill, at the right of the couple, Hanuman temple.
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By the way.. i was invited for lunch by them.. and after I had shared their meal, I was invited another time..
Incredible India..
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Padmamanabha. Hampi
Padmanabha is a brahmin from a village in the Bellary district .
He came to Hampi to perform a ritual for a deceased family member.
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Laundry. Hampi
A pilgrim drying up her laundry on top of a temple near the river in Hampi.
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Ploughing. Hampi
9.12.06
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Namaste. Hampi
The same kid.. When she was done, she told him :"Say "namaste " ( hello) to the man".. He got up and
joined his hand in the Namaste sign people use in India... follow up of the previous one...
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Motherhood. Hampi
A mother pampering her son on the threshold of her house near the temple in Hampi.
He was really happy, as you can see. The next one is better... soon.
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Home Sweet Home. Bidar
8.12.06
Welcoming me into their colorful house in Bidar
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Sarees. Hampi
7.12.06
Some pilgrims drying up sarees near the ghats in Hampi
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Hanuman. Hampi
Resting near Hanuman. Hampi
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Durgi. Hampi. Karnataka
Durgi is a sheperdess I met a few days in hampi.
Always coming back home in the evening.
Hampi is a pure jewel, a marvel.
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picking up flowers. Hampi
Picking up flowers for the temple. Hampi.
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Flowers. Mysore
Flower sellers under the protection of Ganesh, on the wall, in the Devaraja market in Mysore.
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Swami Tanmmayanand Sarasvat. Hampi
Swami Tanmmayanand Sarasvati is a young 24 years old man who graduated from the Doon School, then decided to become a sadhu and study yoga. I met him near Hampi, we had breakfast together one day , he had a session of Yoga near the river, then I saw him a week later in the cave where he will stay to study yoga near the Bali fortress.
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Puja. Hampi
30.11.06
Women during a ritual bath in Hampi
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Hampi Bazar.
From the top of Matanga hill
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Hanuman temple. Hampi
A view of the Hanuman temple from Matanga hill.
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River Side. Hampi.
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Hanuman Temple. Hampi
Two monkeys copulating next to the temple dedicated to Lord hanuman, the monkey god.
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A cow Boy. Hampi
Alongside the river with his herd.
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Water. Hampi
Some women carrying water from the river to the ruins in Hampi.
The gopuram of the temple in the background
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Laundry on the river. Hampi
Laundry day in the river, in the background the temple in the Hampi bazar.
One of the most beautiful place on earth
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STD Booth. Pattadakal. Karnataka
26.11.06
A STD booth in the marvellous temple village of Pattadakal..
The owner of the booth is looking at life going by...
On the poster ...Bhoomika, an actress.
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Colors. Badami
It could be named "simple", or "smile".. A simple composition of a woman selling flowers
for the temple in front of a shop in Badami..Life as usual.. but nice.
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Working in the fields near Pattadakal
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In the fields. Mahakutta
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Inside the Restaurant. Pattadakal
Cooking for me inside the restaurant seen in the previous image
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A restaurant. Pattadakal
A man reading the paper in front of a restaurant in the village of Pattadakal.
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Working. Gajendragad.
25.11.06
In the tiny village of Gajendragad, women and men together, are breaking lime stone into tiny pieces before burning it in big earth oven.
The heating process converts the stone to burnt lime (quicklime). It is used to whitewash walls.
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Lunch Time. Mahakutta
A woman working in the fields I met walking from Mahakutta to Banashankari.
She invited me for lunch. Chapati and Dal..
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Gentleness. Mahakutta
While walking from Mahakutta to Banashankari, that woman working in the fields gently
invited me to share her lunch of dal and chapati.. This is the way Indians are...
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Nandi and the sacred tank. Mahakutta
20.11.06
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On the road to Pattadakkal
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Temple entrance. Pattadakkal
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A lot of fun. Badami. Karnataka
A kid playing in a nice street of Badami, another nice place in India where life becomes interesting.
I took a few pictures of him on different days. The firts one....
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Laundry Day. Badami
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Badami
The sacred tank of Badami shot from the nice caves.
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Colorful Dishwashing. Badami
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A Nice smile. Badami
A woman on the threshold of her house. You can see cow dung drying up on the left. It's used as a combustible.
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Harmony. Badami. Karnataka
In the center of the village
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Sacred bath. Pattadakkal
Inside the sacred tank inside the temple in Pattakakkal
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Ploughing. Pattadakkal
A farmer in the nice village of Pattadakkal.
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Tika. Mahakutta
A woman sadhu is applying a Tika on the forehead of another woman.
She was begging and gives it as a blessing.
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Lunch time. Mahakutta
A little girl having lunch inside the temple in Mahakutta.
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Fun again. Badami
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Coming back. Badami
Saina is going back home with her grand mother after having helped her doing the laundry in the sacred tank in Badami. A lovely place.
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Cubism. Badami
An older woman spending an afternoon in front of her house..
The way life should be...
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Prayer. Badami
On my way to the sacred tank in Badami.
This man selling greens on his cart suddenly stopped in front of the temple to pray.
Life as usual.. I liked the yellow ... and the scene.
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Housework. Badami.
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Meditation. Hampi
19.11.06
Swami Tanmmayanand Sarasvati is a young 24 years old man who graduated from the Doon School, then decided to become a saddhu and study yoga. I met him near Hampi, we had breakfast together one day , then I saw him a week later in the cave where he decided to stay a few months to study yoga near the Bali fortress.
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Home sweet Home. Badami. Karnataka
18.11.06
A young girl in front of her house.
A Play of light in a beautiful place.
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Feeding the cow. Badami
17.11.06
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Spices. Badami
Selling spices on the market in Badami.
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On the Market. Badami
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Sacred Tank. Badami
Even though it's a holy tank, plenty of activities take placce around it. Almost like if it was the center of town.
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Laundry. Badami
A woman drying up her daily laundry in front of her house.
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Saina and her Grand Mother. Badami
Saina is going back home with her grand mother after having helped her doing the laundry in the
sacred tank in Badami. A lovely place.
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Winnowing. Badami
a woman winnowing in front of her house,
almost abstract
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Life can be good. Badami
A woman relaxing on the porch of her traditionnal house, a beautiful architecture.
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Temple. Badami
A beautiful temple overlooking Badami. One of the numerous jewels of Karnataka.
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A lot of fun. Badami
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Contrast. Badami. Karnataka
Such a beautiful town Badami.
You can learn more about the caves looking at this site
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Movie. Badami. Karnataka
A man sitting in his sunny shop in Badami.
The title of the movie is: "You made me a lover"
A play of light and colors...
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Water. Badami
Giving water to drink to a cow in a street of Badami.
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Laundry. Badami
A woman putting up her saris to dry against the wall of her house in a back street of Badami.
An impressive town in Karnataka..
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Bus stand. Bijapur
12.11.06
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Selling Bamboo poles. Bijapur
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An honest rest. Bijapur
Inside a shop in Bijapur
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Morning spit. Bijapur.
11.11.06
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A sawmill. Bijapur
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Globalization. Bijapur
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Ibrahim Roza mausoleum. Bijapur.
This beautiful mausoleum was constructed at the height of Bijapur's prosperity by Ibrahim Adil Shah 2nd for his queen.
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Awake. Bijapur
Pilgrims in front of the Jod Gumbad tombs in Bijapur. Those pilgrims had spent the night sleeping there.
In the previous image you will see a portrait of this man's daughter.We can spot her on the bottom right with her son.
A nice place, very quiet.
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Breakfast. Bijapur
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Dishwashing. Bijapur
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Hot Day. Bijapur
A hot day, a lot of colors, a nice shop, the right setting to take a nap...under God's protection.
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Market. Gulbarga
9.11.06
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Daily Life. Gulbarga
Daily life in the fortified city of Gulbarga. A moment of peace and serenity.
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Bharat. Bidar
Bharat means India in Hindi. This man had a shop renting materials for wedding.
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Nusrat. Gulbarga.
Nusrat, a little girl living in the Gulbarga fortress.
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Resting in Bidar
8.11.06
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Grain Seller. Bidar
A colorful shop in Bidar
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Housework. Bidar
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Lambadi. Bidar
Lambadis women selling green door to door in Bidar.
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Market. Bidar
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Sohel. Bidar
A madrasa in the small town of Bidar at the extreme north of Karnataka.
This little boy, Sohel, is having lesons every morning from 7 AM to 9 AM, together with girls.
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Flowers. Bidar
7.11.06
Selling fflowers for the temple in the main street of Bidar.
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A Coranic School. Bidar
An image of a teacher inside a coranic school in Bidar, a nice town in Karnataka.
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Photography. Bidar
6.11.06
A man sitting in front of his shop in Bidar. A nice shop with plenty of portraits on the wall.
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Wedding. Bidar
While going from Hyderabad to Bidar, I met people in the bus who invited me to Majid Khan's wedding, their nephew, in the small town of Bidar. I was invited the two days. It was a muslim's wedding.
Here is an image of the kitchen, a huge chicken biryani was prepared for 2000 people, and it was excellent, really good.
I just had a great time.
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Thinking. Bidar
A man sitting on his cart in front of the walls of the fort in Bidar, a small town in the Noth est of Karnataka
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