India, is a photographer's paradise, colorful and the people love to have their picture taken. I have visited on two occasions. On the first trip with my son on the way to Nepal for a hike in the Annapurna region, the second visit with my wife.
In the smaller communities in big cities it is not common to have running water.
The poor man's taxi.
Transportation in India is always extremely crowded.
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Bathing in the Ganges.
Washing your laundry in the Ganges
Washing his Laundry.
Washing your teeth, doing your laundry and bathing in the Ganges.
Cremation on the Ganges.
Bringing the remains to the shoreline.
Placing the remains in the Ganges, this goes on all day and all night seven days a week. it is not uncommon to see body parts floating in the river. You have people bathing and doing their laundry in very close proximity.
A house pet in India.
Impossible to find a dentist.
Removing lice
A crippled man crawling in the streets, begging for money.
ENT Doctor, removing wax.
Cremation, if you look for carefully you can see a foot exposed.
A snake charmer in Jaipur, several years later when I visited India a second time and on the same corner I saw a snake charmer. I was told this is the son of the original snake charmer.
A well off child in Mumbai holding a doll.
The Monkey Palace
If the monkey see anyone holding the Coca-Cola they will jump down and steal the Coke.
A religious event, the inhabitants of one village crawl to another village.
Face decorations
Shopping for wedding dress.
Shopping for dentures.
A family on holiday from Cashmere.
Nothing goes to waste, a colorful trash picker.
Going to his wedding. Weddings in India are extremely lavish, not uncommon for over 300 people to attend.
A local festival.
Bulls and Cows are a common site.
Kama Sutra, the science of love. If you look at the next few images you will see every imaginable sex position. At one point in India's history the temples were in demand for religious priest. In order to entice them to join the temples they provided woman for sexual partners and education of various positions to have sex.
A history lesson, and the state of Kerala in the southern part of India I came across a group of people who look Jewish. After doing a bit of research I found in 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain expelled the Jews. They had the option of converting to Catholic, leaving the country. If they converted they had to go before the Spanish Inquisition, if the inquisitors thought they had not truly converted they were simply burned at the stake. Many of the Jews decided to go to the southern part of India. The Jews never assimilated and started businesses in the state of Kerala and these were their descendants. When Israel became a state many of the Jews moved to Israel, there are still a few hundred left in India.
Children going to school in Kerala.
My son and I in India on a way to Nepal.