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Encountering Elephants In India
Blog: Quillcards - 17 May 2010
Seeing Elephants Spotting elephants walking in the road is not the norm for a Western woman like myself. However, I am happy to say that I have now experienced that phenomenon in India. Marriage Partners Getting married in India means that the bride’s family gets out the great guns, and that is what led to my first sighting of [...]Encountering Elephants In India is a post from: Quillcards
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Watching The Sadhus
Blog: Quillcards - 11 May 2010
Sadhus are always interesting because they have cast off the normal obligations of life. As with our earlier encounter with them they are always visually interesting and exotic. I took this photograph in Haridwar in the state of Uttarakand in the north west of India during the Kumbh Mela (Hindu pilgrimage meeting) that took place there [...]Watching The Sadhus is a post from: Quillcards
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A Surprising Sadhu In Haridwar In India
Blog: Quillcards - 3 March 2010
The world is full of contrasts. Never is this brought home more strongly than when the contrasts cut across established ideas. For example, I have a certain image of sadhus. A sadhu is someone who has dedicated his life to achieving liberation. Within the Hindu religious system, this means escaping the otherwise endless cycle of life [...]A Surprising Sadhu In Haridwar In India is a post from: Quillcards
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