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| Cindy Hiteman | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gujarat and Odisha, India 2018 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 The streets of "Old Town" Ahmedabad |
 Produce available for sale on streets...everywhere |
 Washing dishes... |
 A small shrine (Vishnu) in a neighborhood |
 Fancy doors used to be the "thing" in this neighborhood |
 A nap spot; waiting for his owner? |
 Old fashioned iron |
 Friendly and colorful |
 Often buildings have fancy stone facades |
 Tree of Life screen at a mosque; beautiful |
 Wetland with bird sanctuary |
 Painted Stork |
 A Jain temple was our objective; reached via 3,000 steps (I was carried in a palanquin much of the way). |
 Closer view; these temples are amazing |
 Inside the temple; a Buddha like statue |
 Perhaps the prettiest ceiling I've ever seen |
 Doesn't this handsome young man look like a character in the Arabian Nights story? |
 Water buffalo approaching |
 Notice his gold earrings; they are his "bank". |
 Small minivet |
 Leopard |
 Can you see this well camouflaged bird? |
 Owl |
 Young lion; lions are ONLY seen in this part of Asia |
 Lion cubs waiting for their mom |
 Beautiful face? |
 Pilgrim caravan |
 Sarees rolling off a printing line |
 Wild asses |
 Look at this bird's bill; do you know what kind of bird it is? A Stilt? |
 Sunset over salt flats |
 Relaxing before dinner? |
 Cows are everywhere... |
 Modhera Sun Temple and its "tank" |
 Beautiful carvings on the temple |
 Another |
 A langur |
 Our first step well: They offer relief from the heat in their lower levels plus water, especially from monsoons. |
 Exquisite stone carvings |
 Lord Vishnu in his last and future reincarnation. |
 Lower levels |
 Selfies are popular EVERYWHERE. |
 Parasummaswar Temple, built in 7th to 9th centuries. |
 A priest near his inner sanctum |
 A shrine to Lord Shiva |
 Ceiling |
 An unusually shaped temple |
 Lord Shiva shrine |
 Water buffalo relaxing? |
 A parade of worshippers |
 Worshippers leaving the Jagannath Temple in Puri; this temple can get 100,000+ visitors per day. |
 Tremendous crowd at the temple; always busy there. |
 Jagannath is a reincarnation of Vishnu, with distinctive eyes. |
 Worshippers at a small shrine to Hanuman |
 Konark Sun Temple, built in the 13th century |
 Stone carving of Nagas |
 An artist's home |
 Exquisite pattachitra painting |
 Dance performers |
 Check out his makeup! |
 A village in Odisha |
 Carrying; women in this part of the world have terrific posture! |
 Look at her nose jewelry and tatoos |
 She keeps her cigar in her hair |
 Young market women carrying their goods |
 Look at her ear adornments |
 Carrying wood that will be cut and used as toothbrushes |
 Dancers; line dancing is very popular in this area. |
 Bonda tribal women at a market |
 Close up view of her jewelry |
 Market sellers |
 Love the color; they're not afriad of mixing. |
 Bangles...every woman wears bangles, lots of them. |
 Raz Gadaba women |
 Look at her ear decorations! |
 Another market seller |
 A small street market |
 Seller |
 Fun to be with your friends, even if you're working? |
 This woman is puffing rice, which tastes much like our popcorn. |
 Bath time |
 Simple toys and great fun |
 Beautiful farm land |
 Neat garden |
 Happy to see us? |
 Mali tribal village; see the calf peeking at us? The cattle were afraid of us. |
 Young pig entering a home... |
 View of fancy utensils, probably prized by their owner |
 This cutie followed us |
 The Diwali Festival of Lights happened while we were there; many homes had decorations on the ground in front of their doors |
 Red faced monkeys |
 Waterfall and its self-producing rainbow |
 This is a swing in front of an animist shrine; shamans apparently swing on it... |
 Our last Hindu temple |
 Our last market |
 Pretty ear decoration? |
 Glass bangles for sale; wish I'd bought a few |
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