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A religious festival of Ganesha in Haridwar India/turned street

party - Revellers enjoying the virtues of Bhang: Supplied freely by

priests during special occasions.

Once the seat of Tibetan buddhism, now merely a museum since Chinese

occupation.

The Turquoise colouration is from Glacial till suspended in the

water - This lake was a man-made venture by the Chinese in Tibet and

runs a large HEP scheme.

Any Critiques welcome - Im new to B+W Processing so any technical

comments appreciated..

This was taken at the Indo-pak border-crossing in india: Crowds of

Indians gather at the border for the daily border closing ceremony.

Generally a light-hearted affair, but theres lots of jeering,

shouting, waving of the indian flag and singing of patriotic songs

while the guards on both sides try to out-do one another with the

most impressive marching.

This is great - my only comment would be to have had slightly more forground to balance the pic -

your portfolio is wonderful by the way - you have captured the essence of India, great atmosphere and i especially like the rawness of some of the images.

Bathing in the cool mountain-fed waters of the Gangees: Haridwar is a

city built on the edge of the himalayas and marks the emergence of

the Gangees on to the lowland plains of India.

The monks seem to have had a window of about an hour to dish out tea

to the thousands of lamas, monks and pilgrims - in the only way

possible: Lots of yelling running and narrow misses - and tea was

flying everywhere!

The Kalachakra - The Dalai Lama calls for an intermission and tea-

break around lunch, and hundreds of monks, all holding silver kettles

filled with yak-butter tea start pouring out of the kitchen... more

to come when I get time to scan the negs/slides - check out my

kalachakra presentation too!

I was trying to capture this great beam of sunshine when these two

women who were walking by, were startled by a man who started yelling

at them. I wonder what was said to yield such a startled look?