mardi, mai 25, 2010

Rangmalla. Sonepur Mela

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Rangmalla, the elephant, trying to catch the plastic bag of a pilgrim in the Gandak river during the Sonepur Mela. www.claude-renault.fr

Puja. Sonepur. Bihar

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Faithful making offerings to a lingam on Kali ghat during the Sonepur Mela. www.claude-renault.fr

Elephants. Sonepur Mela

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A Mahout waiting for customers during the Sonepur Mela in Bihar. www.clauderenault.fr

Bath. Sonepur Mela

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Pilgrims taking their Holy bath in the Gandak river during the Sonepur Mela in Bihar. www.claude-renault.fr

Goats. Sonepur Mela.

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Goats are also on sale during the Sonepur Mela in Bihar. www.claude-renault.fr
lundi, janvier 18, 2010

Elephant. Sonepur Mela. Bihar

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Samastipur, a 4 years old baby elephant being decorated by his Mahout Sunder Prasad, during the Sonepur Cattle fair. www.claude-renault....

Bath. Sonepur Mela. Bihar

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Pilgrims bathing in the Gandak river on Kartik Purnima day during the Sonepur Mela in Bihar www.claude-renault.fr

Rangmalla. Sonepur. Bihar

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Rangmalla, a 30 year old elephant being cleaned up in the Gandak river during the Sonepur Mela in Bihar. www.claude-renault.fr

Sadhu. Sonepur Mela. Bihar

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Sri Maitresa Sharma was a 28 years old Sadhu from Banauli, Bihar. When he died, his brother decided he would come to Sonepur to do the cer...

Ceremonial. Sonepur Mela. Bihar

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Sri Maitresa Sharma was a 28 Years old Sadhu from Banauli, Bihar. When he died, his brother decided he would come to Sonepur to do the cer...

Pilgrims. Sonepur Mela. Bihar

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A pilgrim during his bath in the Gandak river during the Sonepur Mela. www.claude-renault.fr

Pilgrims. Sonepur. Bihar

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Pilgrims on the banks of the Gandak river during the Sonepur Mela. www.claude-renault.fr

Puja. Sonepur. Bihar

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Women doing a Puja on Kartik Purnima day during the Sonepur cattle fair. At the same time another one is doing her laundry and an elephant...

Rangmalla. Sonepur. Bihar

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Nayeem-Ud-Din, the caretaker of Rangmalla, a 30 years old elephant from Chapra village in sale at the Sonepur mela, Bihar. He had to take ...

Devotion. Sonepur. Bihar

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Pilgrims bathing in the Gandak river on Kartik Purnima day in Sonepur, the beginning of a 3 weeks animal fair in this little village of Bi...
lundi, juin 15, 2009

Nuns. Bodghaya

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Nuns praying around the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya. For Buddhists, Bodhgaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites relate...
jeudi, décembre 11, 2008

Prayer. Bodhgaya

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A Buddhist woman qietly praying in near the entrance of the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya. For Buddhists, Bodhgaya is the most important of t...
lundi, décembre 01, 2008

Praying. Bodhgaya

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A monk praying in front of the Boddhi tree in Bodhgaya
mardi, septembre 16, 2008

Bodhi Tree. Bodhgaya

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Praying under the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya

Nuns. Bodhgaya

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Monk. Bodhgaya

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A monk circling the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya
mercredi, août 20, 2008

Sadhu. Bodhgaya

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A sadhu walking around the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya.
lundi, août 18, 2008

Walking. Bodhgaya

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At night , walking around the Mahabodhi temple
vendredi, août 15, 2008

Mahabodhi Temple. Bodhgaya

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The Mahabodhi Temple is a famous temple standing tall at 54 mts. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this temple has been renovated over the years...
mercredi, mars 28, 2007

A Nice man. Patna

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We shared a moment sitting together during a shower, a lot of rain..
mercredi, décembre 13, 2006

Look ... Patna

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Deep inside. Patna

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Portrait of the previous woman you see going away from the river Ganges. I was walking alongside the Ganges in Patna, where all the women we...
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Laundry. Patna

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Thinking....Patna

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Back home from the market . Patna

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mardi, novembre 14, 2006

Saddhu. Patna.

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A sleepy saddhu at the door of a small temple in Patna. The Saddhu tradition has a long history. It consists of renouncing worldly ties in p...
lundi, novembre 13, 2006

Thums up. Patna

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A picture taken in Patna, the capital of the state of Bihar. Temperature was going up very fast, and this rickshaw driver was having a well ...
samedi, novembre 11, 2006

From the top of the Granery. Patna

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Death. Patna

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A corpse on the side of one of Patna's main road waiting to be brought up to the cremation center on the banks of the Sacred Ganges.
jeudi, novembre 09, 2006

Ferry. Patna

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People waiting for the ferry to cross the river Ganges...

Photography. Patna

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And the result is pretty good after 5 minutes. I did it for me.

Take my picture. Patna....

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Rickshaw driver. Patna

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mercredi, novembre 08, 2006

Saddhu. Patna

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A saddhu saluting me. he was sitting in a temple alongside the sacred Ganges river

Laundry day. Bodhgaya

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A woman doing her laundry in Bodhgaya. The place is near a river next to the former palace.
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River Crossing. Bodhgaya

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Sujata Temple. Bodhgaya

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Two man elegantly resting at the foot of a tree, near the entrance of the Sujata temple, outside of Bodhgaya. Bodhgaya is the place where th...

A Nun meditating. Bodhgaya

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mardi, novembre 07, 2006

Consultation. Bodhgaya

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A man consulting in Bodhgaya. I shot this image having in mind a picture from Henri Cartier Bresson shot in 1947. It was actually the pictur...

Buddha. Bodhgaya

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A sculpture of Buddha shot inside the cave where he meditated for 7 years.

Praying. Bodhgaya

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