Photos from India, 2005

a Baba in Varanasi  (a proper one, not hustling)

flower-offerings on the stairs to a temple in Khajuraho

Delhi's train station market, from a distance

This is what hacked power lines look like.

temple with broken dome, outside Jaipur

pigeon flying from alcoves in the Samrat Yantra
(90-foot-tall sundial) of Jaipur's Jantar Mantar

confectionary domes of Jaipur's Hawa Mahal

banyan tree (yes, just one)

in Udaipur

Happy Holi!

remains of Holi later that evening

People (mostly women) going to worship at the Parvati temple in Khajuraho

in Khajuraho

a few of the Khajuraho temples' erotic sculptures

ferries in Mumbai's India Gate harbor

entering Delhi's Jama Masjid, the city's main mosque

woman descending one of the zodiac-sign-trackers in Jaipur's Jantar Mantar

Krishna's footprints outside the main temple in Udaipur

That's a big turban for a little shaver.

guard in the Elephanta Island temple outside Mumbai
(this is the one carved out of caves)

Nearly all temples fly flags; even tiny shrines like the one in Jaipur's fort.

Marigolds are everywhere; they even get in the fruit.

in Allahabad

a walk-in zodiac sky map / tracker in Jaipur's Jantar Mantar

sunrise over the Ganga in Varanasi

Many people just sleep on the ghats at night in Varanasi.

remains of offerings in a Khajuraho temple niche

trees growing out of a building wall in Jaipur

Okay, here's the requisite Taj Mahal shot.

in Allahabad

This isn't a relic--hand-pushed wooden wagons are still in common use.

in Jodhpur

outside Udaipur

woman sitting in the solar calendar of Delhi's Jantar Mantar

  more India photos (less artsy, more cultural)