Uttaranchal. उत्तरांचल

Smile. Haridwar. Uttaranchal
8.9.09

drying Saris on the ghats in Haridwar where the next Kumbh Mela will take place.

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Bodhya. Clement Town
19.12.08

Bodhya, a buddhist nun from Tibet, living inside theTibetan settlement of Clement Town, near Dehradhun. A lovely lady where it's nice to share a tea.
She came to salute me when I was leaving the settlement after the week I spent there.

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Bodhya. Clement Town
12.12.08

Bodhya, a buddhist nun coming out of her room in the Tibetan settlement of Clement Town, Uttaranchal. A lovely old lady, so sweet and wways ready to offer you a "Chai".
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Saris. Haridwar
23.9.08

Pilgrims from Bihar drying saris on the banks of the sacred Ganges in Haridwar

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Morning. Clement Town
18.8.08

Reading the sacred Texts in Clement Town, a Tibetan settlement near Dehradun

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Sadhu. Rishikesh
9.6.07

A sadhu overlooking the sacred river Ganges, in Rishikesh. Uttaranchal.

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Coming Down. Gaumukh
7.6.07

Pilgrims coming down from The sources of the ganges in gaumukh. In the background the two summits of the Baghirati Mountain, 6856m.
Another view of the mountains
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Meditation. Gangotri
5.6.07

A sadhu meditating or admiring the river, on the banks of the Ganges in Gangotri

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On the Ghats. Haridwar

Sadhus reading the newspaper on the ghats in Haridwar, a sacred city of India.

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Harmonium. Rishikesh

A musician playing on the banks of the Sacred Ganges in Rishikesh.

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Books . Haridwar.
2.6.07

"Most of the Hindu people of North India visit The Ganga river at Haridwar at important times of their lives, like a marriage, a birth or a death, to bath in the river and cleanse themselves for a new beginning. Now the photo shows the office of a Panda, so each family has a chosen Panda, you can say a family accountant. Whenever anyone from the family goes to Haridwar they go to their family Panda and get their visit registered in his record books along with details like name and number of people visiting, occasion, date etc. So these records are kept across generations with the same auditor's family. The volume of books look intimidating but they have a neat system of maintaining records and classifying them into house, street, locality and city levels".

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Pilgrims. Haridwar

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Puja. Rishikesh
1.5.07

A woman doing a evening Puja in the Saccred Ganges in Rishikesh

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Eyes. Rishikesh
20.3.07

A Rajasthani pilgrim in Rishikesh. She was sitting inside a small temple next to her husband in Ram Jhula.

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Harish. Haridwar. Uttaranchal

This image has a sentimental value to me.
This man, Harish Mahajan, from Punjab has been sitting in front of a restaurant "Chotiwallah" overlooking the Ganges in Haridwar for the past 4 years. He has been meditating since. He got paralysed on one side, then decided to go to Haridwar to meditate. Now, he told me he was much better, he can move his left arm a bit and hope he will be able to go home in a year...
He is a very nice man who used to be a science teacher. I met him everyday I spend in Haridwar and we always had lunch together..Hopefully now he is back home

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Tika. Gangotri

A picture of a man inside the courtyard of the temple at the entrance of the national park going to the sources of the Ganges, in Gangotri. Painting the Vishnu symbol on his forehead.

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Aarthy. Rishikesh
19.3.07

The aarthi cloturing the night puja in the Ganges, in Rishikesh

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Puja. Rishikesh
17.12.06

A night Puja in Rishikesh on the banks of the Sacred Ganges

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Souvenirs, souvenirs. Haridwar
13.12.06

Pilgrims from Rajasthan buying souvenirs in Haridwar.

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Saddhus. Haridwar. Uttaranchal
27.11.06

Coming from all over the country, often on foot, to the town of Haridwar, pilgrims and sadhus are overwhelmed by tiredness, and lay on the bare ground of the ghats, while others eat or attend to their children. I find these scenes as attractive as the place itself, better, the place would be inconceivable without its pulsing life, which often includes animals, as well as human beings. I feel myself completely at ease in these surroundings.

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Saddhus. Gaumukh
25.11.06

A group of saddhus I travelled with to go to the sources of the Ganges .
You can see the two summit of the Baghirathi mountains in the background.
As a matter of fact the Ganges is named Bhagirathi river from Gaumukh down to Deoprayag.
It is from Deoprayag that the river starts taking the name Ganga.

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Sacred Bath. Gangotri

Rajasthanis pilgrims coming to Gangotri, taking a bath at the sources of the sacred Ganges

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Laundry day. Uttarkashi

A little girl doing her laundry in the sacred Ganges.

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Shiva and the sadhu. Uttarkashi

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Shower day. Uttarkashi

On the banks of the sacred Ganges.

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Ram Das. Gaumukh.

Ram Das is a 76 th old sadhu from Mathura. This is shot on the banks of the Ganges, in Gaumukh, he was doing his puja.
By the way, to shoot this I had to be in the Ganges at about 40 meters from where it comes out of the glacier, it was "cold"...
An amazing man, speeding going up .. I had trouble keeping up the pace.

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Good News. Haridwar
24.11.06

You can be a Saddhu, but still be interested in the news of the world.

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Oka Das, a Saddhu having his lunch. Gangotri

Oka das is a Saddhu. He went to an Ashram where they distributed free food, then he found a spot to have his lunch quietly.

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Resting. Haridwar

The pilgrims can be very tired after their trip to Gaumukh. A lot will sit together near the river as those saddhus are doing to take a rest. A friendly atmosphere.

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Bargainning. Haridwar

Pilgrims bargainning in Haridwar. Most of the pilgrims want to bring back home some water from the Ganges so they have to buy those big plasctic bottles.

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Puja. Haridwar

A woman doing her Puja near the Ganges, in Haridwar, the river is still called Baghirathi.

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Cold coffee. Gangotri

Gangotri is the village where all the pilgrims heading toward the sources of the Ganges will stop. There, you will find plenty of shops, restaurants, and people selling religious souvenirs on the streets.

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Holy water. Haridwar
22.11.06

A woman making dough for the chapatis with the holy water from Mother Ganga.

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Chai stall. Rishikesh

This woman is the owner of a small "Chai" place in Ram Jhula.
I stopped there for my morning tea..

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Beauty. Haridwar

This little "untouchable" girl was begging with her mother on the ghats in Haridwar..

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Night Puja. Haridwar

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Night Puja. Haridwar

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Holy bath. Haridwar

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Drying up a dhoti. Haridwar

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Meditation. Rishikesh

Meditating alongside the Ganges in Rishikesh , the night is coming down fast

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Ritual. Haridwar

A man during his ritual bath in the Ganges in Haridwar.

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Niketan Temple. Rishikesh

This is a lovely temple in a nice village, 20km away from Rishikesh

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Still life. Rishikesh. Uttaranchal

A saddhu quietly resting alongside the sacred "Ganges" in Rishikesh.

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Puja. Rishikesh.
18.11.06

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A sleepy Saddhu. Rishikesh

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Laundry. Rishikesh

Doing his laundry in the Holy water of the Sacred Ganges

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Sacred thread. Haridwar

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Holy bath. Haridwar

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Dhoti. Haridwar

A little girl helping her father dry up his dhoti..Pilgrims who came to Haridwar.
She was beautiful.

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Namaste. Haridwar

A woman saluting me in Haridwar...
An elegant way to greet people I believe.

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Pilgrims. Haridwar
17.11.06

Rajasthani pilgrims alongside the sacred Ganges in Haridwar.

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Prayer. Haridwar

These two women came to Haridwar in pilgimage to Haridwar. Haridwar is a holy city known as the Gateway to the Gods, Haridwar is considered one of the seven holiest places according to Hindus, as the devas are said to have left their footprints there

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Tika. Gangotri

Applying a tilak on this little boy's forehead inside a temple on the path climbing to the sources of the Ganges

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Vishnu Pepsi, Rishikesh

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Souvenirs, souvenirs. Haridwar

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Pilgrim in Haridwar

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Puja . Haridwar..

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Colors. Haridwar.
15.11.06

A kid with his mother and family in Haridwar. Those Rajasthani people were coming to haridwar
in pilgrimage, on their way to Gangotri and the sources of the Ganges