Mes Indes. भारत

Last day in Chennai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:59:00 +0000

Reading the newspaper in the streets of Chennai.. The last day.

Central Station. Chennai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:07:00 +0000

My trip ends up in Chennai, the place where I landed. Onde again in the Central train Station, aplace to discover.
A beautiful journey, once again. Every time India brings me more... I will just have to wait a bit for the next one.

Colors. Chennai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:56:00 +0000

The acrobat. Madras

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:54:00 +0000

Murghgeshwari

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:52:00 +0000

Murgheshwari is Hindu, she is cooking. She and Raja, a moslem made a love marriage, still unusual.
A very friendly couple living in a slum near the river in Chennai.

Alone in Chennai.

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:50:00 +0000

Dolsa Ma, a Leper. Chennai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:49:00 +0000

Dolsa Ma, a leper, is begging with her son Rudirath in Chennai.

On the Road. Tiruvanamalai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:47:00 +0000

An image of pilgrims on their way to Tirupati. Original images, no cropping...
On my last week in India, some pilgrims I met 70km outside Tiruvanamalai on
their way to the huge temple of Tirupati in the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh.
They still had more than 120 km to walk..

Diving. Tiruvanamalai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:24:00 +0000

A Student. Tiruparankundram

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:25:00 +0000

A young boy studying in a Brahmin school.

A silk weaver. Ayampatta

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:20:00 +0000

Smile. Tiruvanamalai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:27:00 +0000

A cute smile in front of the temple... Tiruvanamalai.

Money. Tiruvanamalai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:26:00 +0000

A begger counting the money she made that day in front of a goddess.

House Cleaning. Madurai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:24:00 +0000

A woman cleaning in front of her house in a small street in Madurai

Working. Kailasha

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:23:00 +0000

Workers in Kailasha, a small village near Kanchipuram loading a truck with the dust coming from the rice after it was washed...

Students. Tiruparankundram

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:55:00 +0000

Students in a Bhramin school inside the temple in Tiruparankundram.

Paying respect to God. Madurai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:48:00 +0000

Saluting God inside the Meenakshi temple in Madurai

Praying HANUMAN. Madurai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:37:00 +0000

Another one of an Ayappa pilgrim in the marvellous Meenakshi temple in Madurai, same setting, different angle and shot this year

S I L K. Ayampatta. Tamil Nadu

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:25:00 +0000

A silk weaver in preparing his warp in his house in the small village of Ayampatta.
You can see the "Jacquard" cards in the foreground . J.M Jacquard believed that the weaving of complex patterns could be automated. He conceived a system that relied on stiff, pasteboard cards with various patterns of punched hole...
Exposure:1/15 Aperture:f/4 Focal Length:19 mm ISO Speed:1600

Fire. Tiruvanamalai. Tamil Nadu

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:18:00 +0000

A mother and her son in front of the Arunachaleswar Shiva temple in Tiruvanamalai (Tiruvanamalai is the Tamil word for the Sanskrit Arunachala), situated at the foot of the Arunachala hill, is one of the largest and oldest temples in all of south India.
"This fire is considered holy and everyone takes a blessing from it by waving ones hands over it and then rub the hands over own face" .

A lot of Fun. Tiruvanamalai

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:55:00 +0000

A bunch of kids having a lot of fun in the sacred tank near the temple in Tiruvanamalai. Tamil nadu

Colorful school. Cochin

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:14:00 +0000

Church. Cochin

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:30:00 +0000

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A church on Vypeen island. Kochi

Working. Cochin

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:26:00 +0000

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Sizing the betel nuts. Kochi

Betel nuts. Cochin

noreply@blogger.com (Claude Renault) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:24:00 +0000

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Working the Betel nut. Kochi