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17 nov 2005 |
Family
house in Burua village - One of the big, old family houses
in Burua village (a couple ... |
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17 nov 2005 |
Wedding
procession through Old Manali - It's that time of the
year again: the harvest is brought ... |
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27 nov 2005 |
Mata
Shavani flag in Shuru - The orange flag of the Mata Shavani
Mandir fluttering in the cold november ... |
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27 nov 2005 |
Barren
rice fields - Wintery barren rice fields with a view
towards the fresh snow on Rohtang Pass, as ... |
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18 dec 2005 |
Barbed
wire around fields - The last scraps of greenery on some
fields around Jagatsukh ... |
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18 dec 2005 |
Gauri
Shankar temple in Naggar - The beautiful Gauri Shankar
mandir in Naggar was probably ... |
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29 dec 2005 |
Christmas
in Connaught Place - A shop window filled to the brim
with Santas around Connaught Place ... |
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29 dec 2005 |
Fruit
chat at the Manalsu - "Come as a tourist, go as
a friend" - the slogan doesn't seem to work as ... |
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14 jan 2006 |
The Road
King - Sturdy, bulky, loud, fume spewing and with a mind
of its own:"King of the Indian Road" ... |
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14 jan 2006 |
Kindling
from a trunk - An old tree trunk after an "attack"
to obtain wood chippings used as ... |
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29 jan 2006 |
Snowy
pine tree - Winter scenery in the Himalayas: a pine tree,
heavy with snow, and its dead neighbour ... |
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29 jan 2006 |
Karnatakan
boys - While north India freezes, there's no need for
woollen jumpers or layers of warm ... |
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11 feb 2006 |
Snowy
Hill side - Blobs of snow decorate the hill sides around
Prini, Himachal Pradesh ... |
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11 feb 2006 |
Mistri
- mechanic - An Indian mistri (or mechanic) needs ingenuity
to fix a massive Tata truck ... |
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26 feb 2006 |
Buddhist
prayer wheels - Colourful Buddhist prayer wheels at the
idyllic Dip Tse-Chok Ling Gompa in ... |
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| 190 |
26 feb 2006 |
Laundry
in snow - Old Manali village is covered in snow, but
daily tasks have to continue and village ... |
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| 191 |
12 mar 2006 |
Beas
river at Solang Valley - View over (melting) snowy hills
and the Beas river from the bridge ... |
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| 192 |
12 mar 2006 |
Sunrise
at Kanyakumari - Kanyakumari, the most southerly town
on mainland India, is the point ... |
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| 193 |
19 mar 2006 |
Boys
from the coloured stuff - Holi, the Indian spring festival,
or festival of colours, is not the best ... |
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19 mar 2006 |
Holi
colours - For a few days the markets have an additional
item on display: bags of coloured powders ... |
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30 mar 2006 |
Mangy
dog - A mangy dog resting on a pavement in the old city
of Amritsar. The majority of poochs ... |
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| 196 |
30 mar 2006 |
The Coca
Cola garden - An idyllic little garden with playful waterfalls
bizarrely situated on a traffic ... |
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| 197 |
30 mar 2006 |
Ludhiana
rickshaw - A rickshaw driver waiting for custom on the
Grand Trunk road in the centre ... |
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| 198 |
09 apr 2006 |
Donkeys
dinner - Donkeys are inventive when it comes to finding
something to eat. Here a mother ... |
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09 apr 2006 |
A bundle
of marigold - The always popular marigold flowers are
bundled in jute bags to be sold in ... |
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09 apr 2006 |
Traffic
jam on Naya Bazaar - It takes no effort at all to cause
an impromptu traffic jam on Naya ... |
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05 may 2006 |
Tibetan
drawing competition - One of the many drawings by Tibetan
kids who entered their art ... |
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05 may 2006 |
Fresh
samosas - Freshly cooked samosas on display, ready to
eat in a chai stall in New Manali's Manu ... |
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05 may 2006 |
Mustard
harvest - Sprinkled throughout the orchards in the Kullu
Valley are small patches of mustard ... |
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20 may 2006 |
Hadimba
Devi procession - Old Manali villagers and Gur (oracle)
with the Goddess Hadimba Devi ... |
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| 205 |
20 may 2006 |
Laughing
toys - The Dunghri mela, the birthday celebration for
Hadimba Devi, is a happy occasion ... |
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| 206 |
20 may 2006 |
Waterfall
fridge - Indians are inventive when it comes to making
the most of natural resources; in this ... |
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| 207 |
20 may 2006 |
Flags
in the wind - Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the
wind - one of the more idyllic views from Marhi ... |
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| 208 |
12 jun 2006 |
View
over Kaika Mela - A girl taking advantage of her father's
shoulders and enjoying the view over ... |
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| 209 |
12 jun 2006 |
Ripe
barley - A storage hut at the edge of a field of ripe
barley, just outside the idyllic village of Jana ... |
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| 210 |
12 jun 2006 |
Threshing
barley - Normally cows lead an easy life in the Himalayas.
However, June is the time for ... |
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| 211 |
02 jul 2006 |
Monster
cow - A threatening looking cow in Kullu; maybe it thought
we were competing for the ... |
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| 212 |
02 jul 2006 |
Pears
on the maidan - A minimalist market stall selling locally
grown pears on the maidan (large ... |
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| 213 |
25 jul 2006 |
Match
seller in Kullu - A smiley woman who makes a living by
selling matches in the Sawari Bazaar ... |
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| 214 |
25 jul 2006 |
Room
mate spider - Late summer is an excellent time to find
all sorts of hairy or crawly creatures in ... |
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| 215 |
13 aug 2006 |
Apple
tree heaven - Hungry? Apple trees struggling with the
weight of clusters of apples soon ripe ... |
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| 216 |
13 aug 2006 |
God sky
in the orchards - Monsoon season in HP. In between the
rains the sky opens up and there ... |
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| 217 |
13 aug 2006 |
Jendu
Devi - Jendu Devi, a village woman from Old Manali,
relaxing on a patch og grass along the ... |
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| 218 |
28 aug 2006 |
Bracelets
for Rakhi - Bracelets on display in Manu market, to be
sold for Raksha Bhandan or ... |
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| 219 |
28 aug 2006 |
Monsoon
clouds - Monsoon clouds gathering over the hill tops
in the upper Kullu Valley and view ... |
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| 220 |
23 sep 2006 |
Himalayan
pine trees - Gnarled trees along a footpath between Shuru
and Jagatsukh. The left ... |
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| 221 |
23 sep 2006 |
Mani
in Goshal - Mani, a very hospitable girl from Goshal
village, posing for a snap with her ... |
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| 222 |
07 oct 2006 |
Wooly
instrument - For years we thought this was some kind
of weird local musical instrument ... |
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| 223 |
07 oct 2006 |
Ragunath
at Kullu Dussehra - The covered rath (chariot) of Lord
Ragunath at Kullu Dussehra ... |
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| 224 |
01 nov 2006 |
Gathering
peas - A member of Bellu Ram's family from Old Manali
gathering loose peas and rajmah ... |
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| 225 |
01 nov 2006 |
Watermill
and grind stones - An idyllically situated water mill
near Burua village. Not purely there ... |
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| 226 |
12 dec 2006 |
Cricket
in Prini - Village kids making the most of the terraced
fields around Prini village by ... |
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| 227 |
12 dec 2006 |
Yoni
and lingam - A stone Yoni and Lingam in front of the
Chhattur Bhuj temple in Naggar. The yoni ... |
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| 228 |
31 dec 2006 |
Krishna
Mandir Naggar - The stone walls of the Krishna temple
in Naggar are decorated with ... |
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| 229 |
31 dec 2006 |
Local
Diwali with walnuts - Women lingering in the village
square, where a few minutes earlier ... |
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| 230 |
06 jan 2007 |
Mumbaiites
at the Winter Carnival - While probably used to warmer
temperatures a little more suitable ... |
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| 231 |
06 jan 2007 |
Fake
beard season - No it's not a Bollywood take on Monty
Python's "Life of Brian", it's the annual Manali ... |
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| 232 |
28 jan 2007 |
Goa beach
near Patnam - A less frequented beach near Patnem, just
south of the more popular ... |
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| 233 |
28 jan 2007 |
Fishing
boats on Palolem Paradise beach - Crows whizzing around
the fishing boats parked up on ... |
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| 234 |
25 feb 2007 |
Jagati
Puchh Dharam Sansad in Naggar - Villagers in the grounds
of Naggar castle where the ... |
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| 235 |
25 feb 2007 |
Gurs
at the Jagati Puchh in Naggar - Gurs, the local Shamans
or interpreters of the devtas (local ... |
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| 236 |
25 feb 2007 |
Divine
protest at Ford's Ski village in HP - Kullu Raja Maheshwar
Singh - whose distant ancestor ... |
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| 237 |
18 mar 2007 |
Waiting
for sunset in Kanyakumari - Indian tourists and pilgrims
gather in the late afternoon at ... |
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| 238 |
18 mar 2007 |
Traffic
in Trivandrum - Crossing this road in the rush hour in
Kerala's capital is only for the brave ... |
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| 239 |
06 apr 2007 |
Watering
Amritsari gardens - It's good to have a hose... It's
only end of March but Amritsar ... |
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| 240 |
06 apr 2007 |
Wild
tulips in Old Manali's orchards - Spring time has arrived;
fields are yellow with blooming ... |
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