I have spent a lot of time in India. So far, I have only covered Rajasthan, a few Northern cities and some cities on the Eastern part. It is a very big Country, it will take me many more years ahead to explore it. It is rich with cultures, colors, different life and varieties of food and spices. The colors of streets, the scents of the cities, the sight and sounds of the Hindu traditions and the aroma of indian cuisine will overwhelm all your senses. It is something words can’t really describe, and photographs can’t really explain in-depth of what it's like to be there, walking around, interact with the locals and make a few friends.
These are some images from my times I spent traveling India. A different points of view, and moments of life in India.
Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi.
A shop owner has just opened the door for business. Jodhpur.
At the end of the day in Agra, I was walking back to the car when suddenly I heard the sounds of goats which made me turn around and caught this moment.
When I am in India, I spent most of my time get to know the locals and visited the villages, sometimes far outside the cities where I get to experience first hand how do the live their lives in the desert or in the rural areas.
An older man with a young wife and three children.
A lady is praying at a Temple in Khajuraho.
A young bride to be visited Kama Sutra Temple to pray for a successful future of marriage.
Gypsy boys in a village outside of Jaisalmer.
Young workers are making fresh samosas early in the morning before the rush at the market in Haridwar, Northern India.
Teenagers on a day off from school. They got together and visit the castle, hang out and talk. Jodhpur.
A young girl is lighting candles for the evening ceremony with her family on a ghat in Varanasi.
I saw this boy struggled and determined to bring this stubborn goat back home in Haridwar.
Teenagers in a Gypsy village.
A little shy Gypsy girl.
It was a warm day in New Delhi. A boy brought me a cup of iced water when I visited his handmade home in a poor village located in the middle of New Delhi.
Most of the people I met in India, regardless if they are rich or poor, most of them are so kind and helpful. They would go out of their ways to assist me anytime I needed some help. They always smile and tried to communicate with me, and some even invited me to their homes. I was impressed with their hospitality.
I visited this farmer family in a remote village about 80 KM outside the city of Bikaner. The father showed me around the property and made me a pot of tea. We sat and talked a while with a help from the camel car driver who translated for me. In this image shows the Mother is doing the daily laundry.
The teenage daughter of the farmer family in Bikaner.
In Thar desert of Rajasthan, most of the people are farmers who raise live stocks, grow wheat and grain products and would pick up handy works on the side. Here is a farmer's daughter tending her cows.
A gypsy woman is cleaning the grains in front of the mud house.
A lady is tending to her child during the break from working at the flower farm.
I met this beggar family on a street in Jodhpur. The Mother would play the drum and the son collects the money.
A Hindu lady visits the Jain temple in the forest outside Johdpur.
A typical home in a poor village outside the city of Khajuraho.
A rickshaw driver takes a smoke break.
A woman brings back water from the village's well.
A Hindu lady in Khajuraho.
A man with four wives, a mother and loaded with children are visiting a Temple during one of the Hindu holidays in Rishikech.
An unarmed security unit guards a store in Udaipur.
A woman who live in a mud house outside the city of Jaisalmer.
A grandma and her grandson have just sat down on their regular spot on a street in New Delhi. They beg here all day. I have managed to get them some rice and dal for lunch while I sat with them for a while. They were grateful.
A colorful, vibrant, rich with cultures and its history. Great people, delicious food, magnificent cities. Incredible India.