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India  
(41 images)

  • Girl in Pushkar, Rajastha, India 2012
    Girl in Pushkar, Rajastha, India 2012
  • Woman in scraf at Pushkar camel fair, rajasthan, India, 2011
    Woman in scraf at Pushkar camel fair, rajasthan, India, 2011
  • The Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India.<br /> "Ah, you again," the Dalai Lama exclaimed, taking my hand and holding it as we walked through his garden. He stopped to feed his pet parakeets, and I apologized for taking his time from what is now an incredibly busy schedule of meetings. "Please know that I have the best of intentions," I assured him. He turned towards me suddenly, his eyes boring into mine. "Yes, I know. And good intent is very important. Most important in all that you do. Never forget." Whatever your actions, it’s what in your heart that truly matters.” His simple words always made an impact on me.
    The Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. "Ah, you again," the Dalai Lama...
  • Rajasthan, India, Sadhu.
    Rajasthan, India, Sadhu.
  • Man wearing flowers, Dha-Hanu, Ladakh, India, 2006
    Man wearing flowers, Dha-Hanu, Ladakh, India, 2006
  • Girl with flower in kashmir, India, 1991
    Girl with flower in kashmir, India, 1991
  • man with coal, Amritasr, India, 2011
    man with coal, Amritasr, India, 2011

  • Boy in teashop in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
    Boy in teashop in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Three Tibetan Buddhist monks at Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling Monastery in Dharamsala, India. With more than 6500 Tibetan Buddhist monasteries destroyed in Tibet after the 1959 Chinese invasion many of the monks and lamas have fled their homeland. New monasteries such as Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling Monastery in Dharamsala India have been rebuilt to house the exiled refugees and the new generation of enthusiastic young monks.
    Three Tibetan Buddhist monks at Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling Monastery in...
  • Braide & groom getting married with henna, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
    Braide & groom getting married with henna, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Monk in Ladakh, India, 2010
    Monk in Ladakh, India, 2010
  • Men in turbans, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, 2011
    Men in turbans, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, 2011
  • Monks at Diskit Monastery, Ladakh, India 2006
    Monks at Diskit Monastery, Ladakh, India 2006
  • Three young girls are dressed in their finest holiday chubas, traditional Tibetan dresses, for the upcoming Losar new years celebrations in Dharamsala, India. Since 1959 thousands of Tibetans have now raised their families in the exiled Tibetan community of Dharamsala, home to the Dalai Lama. As the older refugee generation passes on, the next find themselves hoping for the freedom of a land they have never seen. Meanwhile, Tibetan refugees strive to assimilate into the modern twenty-first century while maintaining their Tibetan identity. While some Tibetans have opted to become citizens of another society, most continue to live in limbo as guests of other nations. The question lingers, how does a culture survive without a country?<br /> “Our aim is to educate our children as best we can to integrate with the rest of the modern world as well as maintain their traditional background,” says Tsering Dhondup of the S.O.S Children’s school. “We feel it’s important to raise them in a Tibetan environment and for them to grow up with a sense of identity in relation to their own culture.”
    Three young girls are dressed in their finest holiday chubas,...
  • Tibetan refugee children in day care in Darjeeling, India.<br /> Tibetan children seem to be conversing in day care while their parents work nearby weaving carpets at the Self Help Settlement. <br /> “I hope, as every parent does, that my child will have a good education, a happy life, a sense of identity,” says Chodon who escaped from Tibet to give her child a better life.
    Tibetan refugee children in day care in Darjeeling, India. Tibetan...
  • The Dalai Lama blesses recent arrivals from Tibet, including a young girl with her mother Dharamsala, northern India.<br /> Hundreds of young children walk or are smuggled over the high mountain passes of Tibet every year in hope of receiving a Tibetan education in exile. His Holiness arranges an audience with every one of them. Since the 1959 exodus from Tibet led by the Dalai Lama, more than 130,000 Tibetans in exile have fought to preserve their unique culture and identity while rebuilding their lives in the 47 Tibetan refugee settlements throughout India and Nepal. In this sense, Tibetan refugees have managed more than mere survival; they have created a Tibet in exile that is in some ways more truly Tibetan than their occupied homeland.
    The Dalai Lama blesses recent arrivals from Tibet, including a young...
  • The Dalai Lama
    The Dalai Lama
  • India, Taj Mahal
    India, Taj Mahal
  • India, Agra. The challenge lay before me: how does one photograph an image as iconic as the Taj Mahal that’s been photographed so many times before and make it my own? My solution was to hire a small boat to bring me across the Yamuna River to the backside every morning. Here on the river village life unfolds in the early dawn as fisherman emerge with their nets, locals perform their early morning ablutions, animals come to drink and sadhus take their holy dip, all with the exquisite Taj Mahal almost as a forgotten back-drop.
    India, Agra. The challenge lay before me: how does one photograph an...
  • Cultural
    Cultural
  • Sadhu in the river in front of The Taj Mahal.
    Sadhu in the river in front of The Taj Mahal.
  • Sadhu in the river in front of The Taj Mahal.
    Sadhu in the river in front of The Taj Mahal.
  • The Kumbh Mela, India.
    The Kumbh Mela, India.
  • The Kumbh Mela, India.
    The Kumbh Mela, India.
  • Rainbow at Phyang Monastery, Ladakh, India.
    Rainbow at Phyang Monastery, Ladakh, India.
  • India. The Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in Allahabad India, occurs every twelve years. In 2013 about 120 million people attended the festival, with 30 million arriving in one day alone, estimating it to be the largest mass gathering of humanity ever. Religious pilgrims and sadhus (holy men) come from all over India, risking the inevitable stampedes, simply for the auspicious act of taking a bath in the holy waters of the sacred Ganges River. Unfortunately, the cleanliness of the river is not as pure as the intent of the religious act itself: the Ganges is the fifth most polluted river in the world. Pilgrims crossing the river by bridge
    India. The Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in Allahabad India, occurs every...
  • Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious pilgrims taking holy bath in the Ganges River, Allahabad.
    Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious...
  • The Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in Allahabad India, occurs every twelve years. In 2013 about 120 million people attended the festival, with 30 million arriving in one day alone, estimating it to be the largest mass gathering of humanity ever. Religious pilgrims and sadhus (holy men) come from all over India, risking the inevitable stampedes, simply for the auspicious act of taking a bath in the holy waters of the sacred Ganges River. Unfortunately, the cleanliness of the river is not as pure as the intent of the religious act itself: the Ganges is the fifth most polluted river in the world.
    The Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in Allahabad India, occurs every twelve...
  • Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious pilgrims taking holy bath in the Ganges River, Allahabad.
    Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious...
  • Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious pilgrims taking holy bath in the Ganges River, Allahabad.
    Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious...
  • Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious pilgrims taking holy bath in the Ganges River, Allahabad.
    Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious...
  • Kumbh Mela, India.
    Kumbh Mela, India.
  • Kumbh Mela Hindu festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious pilgrims taking holy bath in the Ganges River, Allahabad.
    Kumbh Mela Hindu festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious...
  • Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious pilgrims taking holy bath in the Ganges River, Allahabad. Sadhus, holy men.
    Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious...
  • Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious pilgrims taking holy bath in the Ganges River, Allahabad.
    Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival, 2013, occurs every 12 years. Religious...
  • Man riding horse on the beach in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
    Man riding horse on the beach in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • India, Ladakh, Rumbak Village. National Geographic Student Expeditions trek. Students trekking in valley.
    India, Ladakh, Rumbak Village. National Geographic Student Expeditions...
  • Ladakh, India 2006. Monk at Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, India 2006
    Ladakh, India 2006. Monk at Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, India 2006
  • Rajasthan, India 2011.Three men in turbans, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India 2011. Thousands of people were swarming the streets heading to the banks of the Pushkar Lake for a holy dip on full moon day. I pressed myself against the wall to avoid being crushed. I looked across and these three turbaned men appeared undeterred by the crowd and somewhat entertained by my predicament. The colors are delicious in Rajasthan. So many turbans, so little time.
    Rajasthan, India 2011.Three men in turbans, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India...
  • Dharamsala, India 2003. The Dalai Lama, Dharamsala India 2003
    Dharamsala, India 2003. The Dalai Lama, Dharamsala India 2003
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