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Travel Pictures - INDIA (North) - 1999 |
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Group meditation area adjacent to
the venerated tree planted by Gandhi -
Sevagram Ashram, India |
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All visitors to Gandhi's ashram
eat with their hands while seated on the floor -
Sevagram Ashram, India |
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| Everyone washes their own dishes
... using only ashes - Sevagram Ashram, India |
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| River view of morning bathers -
Varanasi, India |
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Ritual bathers cleansing
themselves of impurities in the polluted Ganges -
Varanasi, India |
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| Floating upon the
"Untouchable" Ganges - Varanasi, India |
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| This crowded street is typical of
India's cities - Varanasi, India |
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| The cows have the ultimate
right-of-way in India - Varanasi, India |
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| The India Gate war memorial - New
Delhi, India |
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| Morning exercises - Old Delhi,
India |
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Towering 239 feet high, the Qutub
Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world -
Delhi, India |
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Completed in 1368, the Qutub
Minar is a classic example of
Indo-Islamic architecture - Delhi, India |
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When they build a fort in India,
they really build a fort -
Red Fort; Agra, India |
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Overlook of the Yamuna River,
which was recently declared to be "incapable of supporting any life form"
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Itmad Ud Daulah's Mausoleum; Agra, India |
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| View from the Red Fort looking
toward the Taj Mahal - Agra, India |
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| Taj Mahal - Agra, India |
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| Worth a second look; Taj Mahal - Agra, India |
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| Close-up of the intricate
detailing - Taj Mahal; Agra, India |
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These incredible structures were
completed in 1571 and abandoned 14 years later -
Fatepur Sikri, India |
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| A life-sized house of cards -
Fatepur Sikri, India |
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Striking interior of one of
several abandoned temples -
Fatepur Sikri, India |
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| Rajasthan's "pink city"
- Jaipur, India |
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| Sunset over the pink city -
Jaipur, India |
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When children build their
sandcastles, they must be envisioning something like this -
Amber, India |
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| Temple in the old city - Amber,
India |
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| Monkey see, monkey view - Amber,
India |
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View of Amber Palace and the
walled city of Amber from Jaigarh Fort -
Amber, India |
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Elephants returning home after a hard day of
work hauling tourists -
near Amber, India |
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Marching up the steep cobblestone
road to Amber Palace -
Amber, India |
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Tourists can't
escape the peddlers even on top of an elephant! -
Palace entrance;
Amber,
India |
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| Inside the Amber Palace - Amber,
India |
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| Elephant station - Amber Palace,
India |
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| Some of the residents of this
palace have tails -
Amber, India |
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| Monkeys at Moata Lake - Amber,
India |
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| The elephants get a bath after a
hard day of work - Amber, India |
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| A little more to the right,
please - Amber, India |
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| Elephants are proficient swimmers
and use their trunks like snorkels - Moata Lake; Amber, India |
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| Snake charmers - Jaipur, India |
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The commanding cliff-top
Mehrangarh Fort towers over the blue city -
Jodhpur, India |
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| City square and clock tower - Jodhpur, India |
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| Looking down from the ramparts to
the clock tower - Jodhpur, India |
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| Another view of the city awash in
blue - Jodhpur, India |
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The lovely marble cenotaph Jaswant Thada, with the maharaja's palace Umaid Bhawan in
the distance -
Jodhpur, India |
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| I wonder why Jodhpur is
referred to as the blue city? - Jodhpur, India |
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| Once again, cows have the
ultimate right of way - Jodhpur, India |
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| The golden city at the edge of
civilization - Jaisalmer, India |
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| Jaisalmer's stunning hilltop
fortress - Jaisalmer, India |
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| Approaching the ramparts to the
hilltop city - Jaisalmer, India |
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| The rook piece has jumped off the
chess board and sprung to life - Jaisalmer, India |
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| Kite flying on the rooftops of
Jaisalmer's golden fortress - Jaisalmer, India |
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