drying Saris on the ghats in Haridwar where the next Kumbh Mela will take place.
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Uttarakhand (उत्तरांचल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000 after a relatively short and peaceful struggle by its people in the 1990s, having previously comprised part of Uttar Pradesh.
8.9.09
Smile. Haridwar. Uttaranchal
drying Saris on the ghats in Haridwar where the next Kumbh Mela will take place.
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19.12.08
Bodhya. Clement Town
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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12.12.08
Bodhya. Clement Town
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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23.9.08
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7.6.07
Coming Down. Gaumukh
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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5.6.07
Meditation. Gangotri
A sadhu meditating or admiring the river, on the banks of the Ganges in Gangotri
On the Ghats. Haridwar
Sadhus reading the newspaper on the ghats in Haridwar, a sacred city of India.
2.6.07
Books . Haridwar.
"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".
Pilgrims. Haridwar
"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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1.5.07
20.3.07
Eyes. Rishikesh
A Rajasthani pilgrim in Rishikesh. She was sitting inside a small temple next to her husband in Ram Jhula.
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
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.
19.3.07
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27.11.06
Saddhus. Haridwar. Uttaranchal
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.
25.11.06
Saddhus. Gaumukh
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.
Sacred Bath. Gangotri
Rajasthanis pilgrims coming to Gangotri, taking a bath at the sources of the sacred Ganges
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.
24.11.06
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.
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.
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.
Puja. Haridwar
A woman doing her Puja near the Ganges, in Haridwar, the river is still called Baghirathi.
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.
22.11.06
Chai stall. Rishikesh
This woman is the owner of a small "Chai" place in Ram Jhula.
I stopped there for my morning tea..
Beauty. Haridwar
This little "untouchable" girl was begging with her mother on the ghats in Haridwar..
Still life. Rishikesh. Uttaranchal
A saddhu quietly resting alongside the sacred "Ganges" in Rishikesh.
18.11.06
Dhoti. Haridwar
A little girl helping her father dry up his dhoti..Pilgrims who came to Haridwar.
She was beautiful.
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