Karnataka. कर्णाटक

Aarti. Pampassar. Karnataka

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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.

Puja. Hampi

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Indian men from Andhra Pradesh doing a puja for deceased family members in the river Tungabhadra in Hampi.

Bus Stand. Mysore

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Indian women waiting for their buses at the bus stand in Mysore

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Chillies. Badami

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A woman sitting in front of her house as another one is sorting out chillies drying outside.

Ploughing. Hampi

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An Indian from Hampi ploughing his field

Resting. Bijapur

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Trying to communicate with an Indian woman sitting quietly in front of her house inside the fort in Gulbarga

"Cow Brand". Bijapur

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A food shop in a little street of Bijapur. I liked the "Cow Brand" name.
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Colors, Colors. Bijapur

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A colorful working scene in a street of Bijapur.
A hot day it was.
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Smile. Mysore

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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

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Iron. Badami

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In front of her house, preparing an Iron . Amazing to see those irons full of burning coal..

Smile. Hampi

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A woman working on the Archeological site in Hampi smiling at me.

Ganja. Hampi

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Smoking Ganja inside the Hanuman temple in Hampi

Market. Badami

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Women on the market in Beautiful Badami

Abstract Chilies. Badami.. Karnataka

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A woman, drying her chillies in front of her house in the lovely town of Badami

Contrast. Mysore

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This man, with two others, was hanging a poster of a movie on the front of a theatre.

Giving. Badami

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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.

Jain prayer. Mysore

2007-03-28T16:44:00.000+02:00

A woman praying and listening to Sadhvis in an Ashram.

Jain temple. Mysore

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Women praying and making offerings in a Jain temple in Mysore

Ayappa Pilgrims. hampi

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Those Ayappa pilgrims were admiring the landscape on top of the hill next to the Hanuman temple , near Hampi.

Colors. Badami

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A cubist image of a woman in front of her house next to the sacred tank in Badami

Sonia. Badami

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Election time in Badami.
Sonia Gandhi on the back of a rickshaw..

Selling rice. Mysore. Karnataka

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Chamundeeswari. Mysore

2007-03-23T13:31:00.000+01:00

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.

Cubism. Badami

2007-03-23T13:29:00.000+01:00

A street in Badami, a beautiful town of Karnataka

Beedis. Mysore. Karnataka

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A woman rolling beedis in her home in Mysore

Hanuman. Mysore

2007-03-23T13:23:00.000+01:00

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.

Jain Sadhvis. Mysore. Karnataka

2007-03-23T13:21:00.000+01:00

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.

A sadhu. Pampassar

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Subramaniam, a sadhu met while visiting Pampassar, around Hampi

Preparing the Puja. Pampassar

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A Sadhu preparing the shrine for the Puja in Pampassar, near Hampi.

Hanuman temple. Hampi

2007-03-19T17:09:00.000+01:00

The path leading up to Hanuman temple in Hampi. karnataka

Parvati. Hampi. Karnataka

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Parvati was helping an ironsmith with the bellow for the fire.
Shot in hampi where they are renovating old temples..

Puja. Hampi

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Men performing a puja in the Tungabhadra River.

Puja. Pampassar

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A sadhu preparing Nandi for the morning Puja in Pampassar, near Hampi

Puja.Hampi

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A puja for deceased family member

Puja. Hampi

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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.

Puja. Hampi

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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.

Wedding. Hampi.

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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..

Padmamanabha. Hampi

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Padmanabha is a brahmin from a village in the Bellary district .
He came to Hampi to perform a ritual for a deceased family member.

Laundry. Hampi

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A pilgrim drying up her laundry on top of a temple near the river in Hampi.

Ploughing. Hampi

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Namaste. Hampi

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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...

Motherhood. Hampi

2006-12-09T17:50:00.000+01:00

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.

Home Sweet Home. Bidar

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Welcoming me into their colorful house in Bidar

Sarees. Hampi

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Some pilgrims drying up sarees near the ghats in Hampi

Hanuman. Hampi

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Resting near Hanuman. Hampi

Durgi. Hampi. Karnataka

2006-12-07T17:33:00.001+01:00

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.

picking up flowers. Hampi

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Picking up flowers for the temple. Hampi.

Flowers. Mysore

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Flower sellers under the protection of Ganesh, on the wall, in the Devaraja market in Mysore.

Swami Tanmmayanand Sarasvat. Hampi

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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.

Puja. Hampi

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Women during a ritual bath in Hampi
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Hampi Bazar.

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From the top of Matanga hill
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Hanuman temple. Hampi

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A view of the Hanuman temple from Matanga hill.
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River Side. Hampi.

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Hanuman Temple. Hampi

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Two monkeys copulating next to the temple dedicated to Lord hanuman, the monkey god.
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A cow Boy. Hampi

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Alongside the river with his herd.
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Water. Hampi

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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

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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

2006-11-26T09:46:00.000+01:00

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.

Colors. Badami

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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.

Working in the fields near Pattadakal

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In the fields. Mahakutta

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Inside the Restaurant. Pattadakal

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Cooking for me inside the restaurant seen in the previous image

A restaurant. Pattadakal

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A man reading the paper in front of a restaurant in the village of Pattadakal.

Working. Gajendragad.

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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.

Lunch Time. Mahakutta

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A woman working in the fields I met walking from Mahakutta to Banashankari.
She invited me for lunch. Chapati and Dal..

Gentleness. Mahakutta

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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...

Nandi and the sacred tank. Mahakutta

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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

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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....

Laundry Day. Badami

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Badami

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The sacred tank of Badami shot from the nice caves.

Colorful Dishwashing. Badami

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A Nice smile. Badami

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A woman on the threshold of her house. You can see cow dung drying up on the left. It's used as a combustible.

Harmony. Badami. Karnataka

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In the center of the village

Sacred bath. Pattadakkal

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Inside the sacred tank inside the temple in Pattakakkal

Ploughing. Pattadakkal

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A farmer in the nice village of Pattadakkal.

Tika. Mahakutta

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A woman sadhu is applying a Tika on the forehead of another woman.
She was begging and gives it as a blessing.

Lunch time. Mahakutta

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A little girl having lunch inside the temple in Mahakutta.

Fun again. Badami

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Coming back. Badami

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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.

Cubism. Badami

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An older woman spending an afternoon in front of her house..
The way life should be...

Prayer. Badami

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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.

Housework. Badami.

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Meditation. Hampi

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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.

Home sweet Home. Badami. Karnataka

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A young girl in front of her house.
A Play of light in a beautiful place.

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Feeding the cow. Badami

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Spices. Badami

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Selling spices on the market in Badami.

On the Market. Badami

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Sacred Tank. Badami

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Even though it's a holy tank, plenty of activities take placce around it. Almost like if it was the center of town.

Laundry. Badami

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A woman drying up her daily laundry in front of her house.

Saina and her Grand Mother. Badami

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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.

Winnowing. Badami

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a woman winnowing in front of her house,
almost abstract

Life can be good. Badami

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A woman relaxing on the porch of her traditionnal house, a beautiful architecture.

Temple. Badami

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A beautiful temple overlooking Badami. One of the numerous jewels of Karnataka.

A lot of fun. Badami

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Contrast. Badami. Karnataka

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Such a beautiful town Badami.
You can learn more about the caves looking at this site

Movie. Badami. Karnataka

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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...

Water. Badami

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Giving water to drink to a cow in a street of Badami.