Claude Renault Photography. India

Offerings. Orchha. Madhya Pradesh

Posted on 08/09/2010 by Claude Renault

An Indian woman offering freshly picked flowers to Gods in a little temple of Orchha, Madhya Pradesh.

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Siddis. Diu.

Posted on 07/09/2010 by Claude Renault

Siddis from Sasan Gir while they were putting up make up before the shooting of a video in Diu. The Siddis came to india a few centuries ago from Ouganda, according to a saying they were given as slaves to the nawab of Junagadh.

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Enchie. near Jodhpur. Rajasthan

Posted on 06/09/2010 by Claude Renault

Enchie, a Bishnoi woman grinding millet to make chapatis, inside a hut. The Bishnois are a community of nature worshippers in the state of Rajasthan. Bishnois are strong lovers of wild animals.

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Sleepy. Chennai. Tamil Nadu

Posted on 05/09/2010 by Claude Renault

Sleepy workers in a street of Chennai. A colorful setting.

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Siesta. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

Posted on 03/09/2010 by Claude Renault

Sleeping on the Holy Ganges in Varanasi

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Camels. Pushkar. Rajasthan

Posted on 02/09/2010 by Claude Renault

Camels at sunset in Pushkar during the fair.

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Shop. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

Posted on 02/09/2010 by Claude Renault

An Indian woman setting up her shop on the threshold of her house in Varanasi.

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Sandwich. Tirunelveli. Tamil Nadu

Posted on 01/09/2010 by Claude Renault

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Wedding. Hampi. Karnataka

Posted on 31/08/2010 by Claude Renault

A moslem couple just married came for a celebration alongside the Tungabhadra River. At the same time an Hindu is taking his ritual bath. On top of the hill, on the right of the couple, Hanuman temple.

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Resting. Jodhpur. Rajasthan

Posted on 30/08/2010 by Claude Renault

Sitting in front of her house in the blue city of Jodhpur

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Resting. Kolkata. West Bengal

Posted on 28/08/2010 by Claude Renault

Two rickshaw drivers taking a rest in a Calcutta street.

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Chai. Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh

Posted on 27/08/2010 by Claude Renault

An Indian woman drinking Chai on the banks of the Holy Ganges in Varanasi. You can see Varanasi in the background. She was selling flowers for the pilgrims who crossed the Ganges to do their puja

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Loknath. Kajuraho. Madhya Pradesh

Posted on 26/08/2010 by Claude Renault

Loknath Tiwari, sitting in front of his Home in kajuraho. A 80 years old priest of a Vishnu temple in the old village, his family came to Madhya Pradesh from West Bengal. A wonderful man.