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30
nov 2003 |
Drums
of the temple band - Drums on the wooden verandah of
the old Ram Chander temple ... |
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01
dec 2003 |
School
kids in Goshal village - School is finished for the day.
Some school kids wash their slates ... |
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02
dec 2003 |
Colourful
India: Pattus of the Kullu Valley - Elaborate patterns
: the Pattu is a hand woven ... |
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12
dec 2003 |
Preparation
of a sacred temple pole - Dhoti clad villagers prepare
the top end of the "dhoj" ... |
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14
dec 2003 |
Naggar
castle - The big weeping willow in the courtyard of the
old castle in Naggar ... |
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15
dec 2001 |
Early
winter in Manali - Cold, but beautiful. One or two bouts
of extreme cold brought snow to Manali ... |
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16
dec 2001 |
Bihari
Cowboys: "Trust me, I'm a builder" - Engineering
with a difference: The phrase "cowboy ... |
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17
dec 2004 |
Finials
and trishuls on a temple roof - Three new finials, called
"paru", on the Shank Narayan temple ... |
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23
dec 2004 |
Local
Diwali: go nuts, catch nuts - The local Diwali festival,
celebrated in the upper Kullu Valley ... |
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20
jan 2004 |
Street
vendor, Bangkok, Thailand - Street stalls selling food
seem to crowd every pavement ... |
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21
jan 2004 |
Fish
stall, Bangkok, Thailand - Fish served barbecued, curried,
dried or in a stew is hugely ... |
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25
jan 2004 |
Delhi;
Gurudwara Bangla Sahib - Sikh boy standing in front of
the sacred pool at the Gurudwara Bangla ... |
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01
feb 2004 |
Snowfall
on the orchards, Manali, HP - After two false starts
in November and December ... |
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02
feb 2004 |
A JCB
instead of a snow plough - A small but incredibly manoeuvrable
JCB clears the road ... ... |
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11
feb 2004 |
New Shavani
Mata Mandir - The building work for the new Shavani Mata
temple in Shuru village was ... |
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14
feb 2004 |
Wooden
handloom - About 90 percent of households in the villages
of the Kullu Valley still weave ... |
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20
feb 2004 |
Economical
fridge - Bottles of soft drink manufactured by a controversial
multi-national ... |
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20
feb 2004 |
Ski jumping
in Solang Nallah - At an altitude of about 2400 metres
Solang Nallah (14 km north ... |
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23
feb 2004 |
Suspension
bridge over the Beas river - Even though a sign proclaims
it to be a foot bridge ... |
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25
feb 2004 |
Fagari
festival in Goshal - A smiley bunch: older village women
enjoying themselves during ... |
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05
mar 2004 |
Colours
for Holi - Coloured powders for sale in Manu market for
tomorrow's Holi; the festival of ... |
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10
mar 2004 |
Picnic
in the valley of the gods - Early spring this year, therefore
its picnic time: apple wine, chai ... |
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12
mar 2004 |
Fields
along the Beas river - Spring is here, and colour is
appearing on the patchwork of fields ... |
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15
mar 2004 |
Durga
Mata Temple shrine - A shrine outside the Durga Mata
Mandir in Samani village ... |
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16
mar 2004 |
Cherry
blossom in the orchards - Early spring this year; last
week the apricot trees were in bloom ... |
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19
mar 2004 |
Rubble
in sector 22, Chandigarh - Chandigarh is rated as one
of Indias most modern cities, but a ... |
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19
mar 2004 |
Travel
by truck in the Punjab - The sight of large numbers of
people travelling in the backs of trucks ... |
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19
mar 2004 |
Chai
wallah in Chandigarh - Chandigarh's sector 22 is especially
well blessed with pavement chai ... |
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19
mar 2004 |
Sikh
portrait artist at Sukhna lake, Chandigarh - Sukhna lake,
a large artificial lake with a 20 km ... |
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21
mar 2004 |
Work
at the Golden Temple - A new water treatment plant is
to be installed for the sarovar ... |
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25
mar 2004 |
Muddy
people in Amritsar - The town of Amritsar is full of
muddy people, mostly Sikh volunteers ... |
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25
mar 2004 |
Kar sewa
in Amritsar - "Kar sewa" means literally "to
do service". The Golden Temple and its ... |
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26
mar 2004 |
Souvenirs
in Amritsar - The streets and lanes around the Golden
Temple in Amritsar are lined ... |
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26
mar 2004 |
Amritsar
at night - A pani puri seller hurries through the crowded
night time streets close to the ... |
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27
mar 2004 |
Election
rubbish - Yesterday's election rally with the current
home minister LK Advani in Amritsar ... |
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29
mar 2004 |
Slipstreaming
in Ludhiana - A cyclist taking advantage of the truck
in front. Near the Hero ... |
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10
apr 2004 |
Humayun's
tomb graffiti - Humayun's tomb in the Nizamuddin area
of Delhi is a popular ... |
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14
apr 2004 |
Puja
accessories - At today's Vashisht festival 5 god statues
are lined up in the little square of ... |
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15
apr 2004 |
Goshal
temple door - Beautiful, old weather worn wood carvings
adorn the door frame of the ... |
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16 apr 2004 |
Cheese
paradise in Jagatsukh - Wheels of Assiago cheese maturing
in the storeroom of the ... |
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19 apr 2004 |
Hazy
hills around Bijli Mahadev - The flat ground surrounding
the Bijli Mahadev temple ... |
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21 apr 2004 |
Waterfall
near Solang - The area between Burrua village and the
Solang Nallah is particularly ... |
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22 apr 2004 |
Loma
Dugh meadows - Thousands of purple flowers cover the
meadows in the Loma Dugh area ... |
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25 apr 2004 |
Tibetan
art competition - A young Buddhist boy monk or novice
concentrates on his ... |
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26 apr 2004 |
Jeep
rescue in Dharamkot - Lucky for the driver that it was
only the small ditch around ... |
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27 apr 2004 |
Hunger
strike for Tibet - A small crowd of Tibetans sit underneath
a canopy on the little square ... |
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02 may 2004 |
God statues
at Prini festival - Palkis or palanquin with god statues
are lined up at the village ... |
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03 may 2004 |
Jogni
Falls above Vashisht - A view through the gushing waters
of Jogni Falls, a waterfall ... |
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06 may 2004 |
Rubbish
in Siyal - This rubbish choked stream in Siyal is a good
example of what happens when ... |
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10 may 2004 |
Caterpillars
on the move - Suddenly thousands of caterpillars hang
around (or rather crawl) ... |
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12 may 2004 |
Residue
of election campaigns - The last round of voting in the
national elections took place two days ... |
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12 may 2004 |
Tobacco
chillum - No, it's not what you think. Pritham, a villager
from Fojal, enjoying a smoke ... |
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14
may 2004 |
Glitter
at night - A man handing out "religious decoration"
at the beginning of the Dunghri mela ... |
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15 may 2004 |
Birthday
of the Goddess - Members of the temple band of the Goddess
Hadimba blowing the large ... |
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16 may 2004 |
Dunghri
mela - Local dancers in the traditional Kullu Nati dance
on the main day of the Hadimba festival ... |
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17 may 2004 |
Offerings
for the Gods - A local women places an offering of flowers
on the statue of the Goddess ... |
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17 may 2004 |
Sticky
jalebis - A dentists nightmare, the insanely sticky jalebis
are the most popular sweet at festivals ... |
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17 may 2004 |
Nati
dancer and Hadimba - The last major day of the Hadimba
festival, and the event has moved ... |
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