sawsengee's photos
hindu sadhu
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Portrait of a hindu sadhu at the Assi ghat in Varanasi India......in spite of his skin pigmentation problem, he managed to smile for my camera.
young Karen
Akha woman
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Portrait of an Akha woman in Chiangmai Thailand......silver balls & braided colour beads are their characteristic head wear.
long neck beauty
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Portrait of a long neck beauty of the red Karen hill tribes in Northern Thailand.
Here are links to more information on the Karen hill tribes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayan_people_(Burma)
www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/longneck_karen.html
Portrait woman in Bhaktapur Nepal
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Street portrait of a woman at Bhaktapur's famous potters square, taken in mid winter (2014), she was cold, all wrapped up & trying to bath in the brief warmth of the morning sun rays. Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bhaktapur has been massively devastated by the earthquake of 25th April 2015.
lady farmer
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Portrait of a lady farmer outside Pushkar (Rajasthan).....a semi-desert & hardy environment.
it ain't heavy, it's only my turban......
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Portrait of a merchant in Choti Basti Pushkar (Rajasthan) with a voluminous red turban & walrus-like moustache
sage in Udaipur
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portrait of a street-wise sage in Udaipur, Rajasthan, just outside the Jagdish Mandir.
tattoo man
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Portrait of a tattoo man in Pushkar Rajasthan......his entire face & body are covered with tattoos depicting the om sign & holy hindu verses.
Lake Pichola Udaipur
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Night shot of the lakeside buildings with hotels, restaurants, palaces, temple shrines dotting the view with water reflection making the buildings seem like floating in the darkness of the night.
sadhu in Bateshwar
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portrait of a hindu sadhu in Bateshwar (Uttar Pradesh, India), a small town by the Yamuna River that is dotted with 101 hindu & jains temples.
merchant of Udaipur
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portrait of a merchant in Udaipur Rajasthan......the pride of an old man, his turban & his beard.
flower lady
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portrit of the flower lady outside the Jagdish Mandir (temple) in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
women in Rajasthan
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portrait of a Rajasthani woman captured in a busy bazaar in Bundi.....she was not used to being photographed by a stranger in public places & kept on fidgeting her veil to cover & slightly uncover her face; but in the process, I managed to chance on this shot
Udaipur
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Blue hour casting a magical spell over the Udaipur city palace in Rajasthan. The sodium orange flood lights contrasting well with the blue sky are reflected from the Lake Pichola.
milkman of Rajasthan
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Street portrait of a milkman in Bundi Rajasthan.....sitting under a shady tree with filtered light, he smiled & waved to me with colourful turban contrasting well with the white tunic he wore.
hindu sadhu
nepali woman
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While climbing the almost 700 steps to the western ridge of the Swayambhunath stupa in Kathmandu, I came across this nepali woman selling trinkets & charms.
