Faces of India (2008, 2013, 2016)

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2008 (Andaman Islands):

 

In Port Blair.

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2013 (Ladakh and Zanskar):

 

Street vendors in the main street of Leh.

Women selling vegetables at a market

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Monk buying naan in Leh.

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Man wearing traditional Ladakhi dress in the Basgo Dogpo valley.

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People in the village of Dibling.

 

A group of people with goats

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Left: In a house in the village of Pigmo. Right: Man carrying plants of green peas in the village of Zangla.

 

In the kitchen of the Buddhist nunnery of Zangla.

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In a shepherd camp below Rotong La (pass).

A group of animals in a mountain

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A person sitting on a rock wall

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Left: Old man from the village of Shade. Right: Buddhist monks from the Phukdal monastery.

 

In the small village of Yugar, which faces the Phukdal monastery on the opposite side of the Tsarap Chu (river).

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2016 (Ladakh and Spiti):

 

At Hemis gompa during the festival of July 14-15, 2016, which celebrates the birth anniversary of Lord Padmasambhava (a.k.a. Guru Rinpoche).

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A group of people sitting on a balcony

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In a nomad camp.

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In the traditional kitchen of the Key monastery in Spiti valley.

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2016 (Old Dehli):

 

In the streets of Old Dehli.

 

 

 

A group of people sitting at a flower market

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During a religious ceremony in the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib (a Sikh place of worship)

 

Volunteers preparing free meals in the community kitchen of the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib.

 

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