Faces of India (2018)
Jammu & Kashmir:
Tundup, my Zanskari
guide on two treks (2016 and 2018), here in the village of Lossain
with the sun of one of his relatives.
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Two Zanskari
men (from the Padum region), Falkays
(left) and Angchuk (right), who acted as porters
during my 2018 trek.
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In the nunnery of Karsha (Chuchik Jal nunnery), near Padum.
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Inside a house in the village of Lossain.
In the monks′ kitchen in Lossain.
In a summer settlement in the valley of
the Bujwas river.
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Happy children playing with a prayer
wheel as if it were a carousel, in Gulabgarh (a small
town on the Chenab river).
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Stalls selling religious items in Gulabgarh during the Machel Mata pilgrimage to the nearby
village of Machel.
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A sadhu greeting Machel Mata pilgrims on
their way to the village of Machel, two walking days away (no road).
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Snack vendor in a village along the
trail to Machel.
Machel Mata pilgrims.
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Pilgrims waiting in line to enter the
shrine dedicated to Goddess Durga in the village of Machel.
Jaypur (Rajasthan):
Women
carrying forage.
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Man and woman in the streets of Old Jaypur.
Guards in the City Palace.
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Pushkar (Rajasthan):
Bathing ghats on Pushkar Lake.
In the streets of Pushkar.
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New Delhi:
In the
Nizamuddin West neighborhood.
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