India Photographs

Monks wear funeral aprons for a procession of a deceased follwer in Leh, Laddahk. They...

The ancient rituals of horn/drum/chant takes place as it has for centuries in this small...

Boys line up against the wall to recite their verses by rote. They rock as...

Just before lunch on a festival day, the monks in a monestary near Gangkok, Sikkim,...

Each page of the Tibetian prayer book is printed by hand in the old fashion...

In the dim light of a Tibetian monestary, a monk blows the reedy horn....

The prayer books of a Tibetian monestary are reverantly wrapped in silk and placed in...

The women of Ladakh, a Tibetian culture province located in northern India, wear their wealth...

In autumn, the monestary in Tikse towers over the small town in Ladakh, a Tibetian...

Outside of the monestary in Hemis, Monks rehearse their dances for a festival later in...

The main temple outside of Gangtok is ablaze in the afternoon sun....

Worn and weathered by sun and wind, curtains of prayer flags deposited by pilgrims drape...

Fishing is a community business along the coast of Kerala. There are few harbors and...

By the light of coconut oil, traditional dancers act out the relgious sagas of southern...

Along one of the hallways in the Golden Temple in Amristar, a man is dispensing...

This view of Varansi, once called Barnares, shows the accumulation of centuries of building and...

The flat rooftops of the town of Udaipur in Rajastan. Rooftops are extra rooms. At...

The tender, yellowish new leaves of the tea plant are plucked by hand and thrown...

Groom covered in flowers rides to his wedding....

These fellows squat in this small, but ornate stand, selling beetle nut and other chewables...

In this part of the world men shop for women's clothes more often that I...

Two men gossip at a bench in front of a shutterd store. One man is...

The nose-ring in the young women in the veil is made of gold and is...

These images of doors I found primarily in India, although a few came from Iran,...

I loved the turbans that men wore. Unwound, these turbans could reach 20 feet in...

In the old trading town and oasis of Jaisalmer in the desert of Rajastan, the...

Theses be-jewled women were standing in line for some kind of rations in a marketplace....

A muslim melon vendor readies delicious watermelon slices during the peak of summer's heat....

The small statue is rowed out to the middle of the Ganges river and submerged....

In southern India, one of the morning chores for women is decorating their steps, porches,...

Early one morning on the steps only the Ganges in Varansi, this monk was greeting...

Hot coffee, mixed with milk and sugar, is cooled slightly by pouring from a grand...

On my first day in India, they began throwing statues of gods into the Ganges...

Near the Taj Mahal, tile cutters continue their craft of finely cutting tiles to ornate...

I'm not sure why these dyes were being sold. Anyone know?...

This peddler's somewhat portable sharpening machine (built around a bicycle wheel rim) is used to...

This was a small temple complex in southern India. I forget the name now, but...

A flock of men rest at an inn on their way on a pilgrimage. I...

The cliches in this image are almost too much. The ceiling fan, the bamboo and...

A sadhu sits in the crowds of the Kumbh Mela, the worlds' largest gathering. This...

A gilded age of the Raj shines in the old palaces in Mysore (I think)....

Ox carts pass slowly by the Red Fort, a mogul masterpiece in old Delhi....

A sadhu rests. Cloaked in sackcloth and ashes, this man has renounced the material possessions...

These two girls were the center of a tableau depicting a Hindu religious tale. The...

Folk art painted over the entrance to a door....

South Indian temples are a riot of seething human shapes and multiple spirit beings. The...

The Golden Temple, center of the Sikh religion, glitters at night in the city of...

I met this guy walking near a temple built around a sacred tree. He is...

Outside a temple, folk art decorates a convenient perch to wait and read....

To escape the fierce noon heat a man rests in the shade of an arcade...

The many arms of Shiva, carved in wood decorate a temple in southern India....

On the outskirt of Simla, an hill-station in India, the march of the Himalayas can...

Nagas are naked sadhus, or holy hobos, or wandering, homeless monks. They rely on gifts...

Push cart food vendor attracts kids on a street corner in Rajastan....

Pilgrims by the hundreds of thousands come to wash themselves in the river Ganges. They...

The traditional dance of southern India, performed by the light of coconut oil lamps...

Entrance to the Golden Temple in Amristar....

Drawn by 50 men, a wheeled chariot of a god is displayed in the streets...

Flute seller in Calcutta wooing customers....

A camel pleads for food at his owner's home in Rajastan....

While others bathe in the Ganges River, a pilgrim raises his hands in prayer....

No Hindu woman would go outside without the small red dot on her forehead, called...

Children work in Asia. Sometimes it is to help out their family, like this fellow...

The bathing ghats or steps along the river Ganges. For thousands of years, thousands of...

This building needs no introduction. This picture was taken at dawn, while the mist was...

In southern India there is a cave complex, which I think this momument hides in....

A marble fountain in a palace in Rajastan. In Udaipur probably....

Street market. Many sellers like this women own only a scale and some baskets, and...

A view overlooking an island in the small lake in Udaipur, in Rajastan. In the...

Contemplation along the bathing steps of the River Ganges. The brass pitcher is for a...

The ancient Jantar Mantar solar and astronomical observatory....

While waiting in a tea house I met this wandering minstral. He plays a guitar-like...

Flower garlands everywhere. Hung in respect around the necks of sadhus, idols, and guests. This...

Under a veil of jasmine flowers a groom rides to his wedding....

The Golden Fort at Jaisalmer, at the end of the rail line in Rajastan, near...

The extreme aridity of Ladahk gives this temple complex the appearance of being built on...

The women of Ladakh region of Tibet (and this culturally Tibetian part of India) wear...

A hamlet of slate-roofed farm houses dot the hillsides of the Kulu Valley....

A pilgrim performs a cleansing ritual, or water puja, in the river Ganges. The water...

Every fall the Kulu valley holds the battle of the gods, or Dussehra Festival. Hundreds...

A procession for a local god prepares to leave the gates of the city with...

Young boys are often sent to Tibetian monestaries so that they could be educated to...

In the far north of Kashmir lies the culturally Tibetian area of Ladakh. Claimed by...

The sources of the Ganges river are popular pilgrmage destinations. This lowland pilgrim is on...

Along a canal bringing water to fields of Srinagar valley a farmer walks home. The...

Two men, wearing the distinctive Kulu Valley caps, take a break to gossip on their...

This mill house is powered by a small but rapid stream. Local farmers bring their...

A religious procession begins at the city palace of the maharaja (magistrate) of Kulu....

Trumpets announce the arrival of an ark containing the image of a local god. Marching...

With a flourish of trumpets local gods are marched into a competition of gods in...

To tell you the truth, I've lost track of where this picture was taken. One...

Battle of the Gods in Kulu Valley. Local clans try to outdo each other in...

Walking barefoot, Hindu pilgrims return from the glacier highlands of Gangotori, one of the sources...

A hermit basks in the afternoon sun in front of his cave in the Himalaya...

Lamps for a Tibetian temple are filled with yak butter and lit by women in...

Wherever this is abundant wood, craftsman will carve it. In the Kulu Valley of India,...

Rajastanis inspect ceremonial swords. India's desert warriors, much influenced by -- but never conquered by...