The colorful, highly ritualized, highly sychronized, border-closing ceremony at the Pakistan-India border at Wagah.
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| Expectant crowds, on the Indian side
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| The Indian officer shows how its done
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| Team India march in
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| Some preliminary muscle-flexing
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| And some extravagant high-kicking
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| Team Pakistan are also in high form
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| Finally, the flags are lowered, in carefully synchrony
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| Golden Temple entrance
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| The Sikh Golden temple
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| Temple Guard
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| A mix of Pilgrims and Visitors
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| Graham, with mandatory head-scarf
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Graham overlooking Golden Temple pool
(Pity that I blinked!)
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| Part of the vast free meal service
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| A very large and busy kitchen
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| Enormous chai urns!
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh statue
In the former Victoria Square
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| Busy street leading towards the Golden Temple
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| That very rare sight, a strictly vegetarian McDonald's
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Jallianwala Bagh garden
The site of the infamous 1919 Amritsar massacre
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| Bullet holes from the masscare
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| Memorial to the massacre
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| Smoggy view to Rashtrapati Bhavan
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| Smoggy view to Rashtrapati Bhavan
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| Very smoggy view to India Gate
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Small seal stamp, Harappa, ~2700 BC
Possibly "Gilgamesh holding two tigers"
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| Nataraja, Lord of Dance, 12th c
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| Garuda, 19th c
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| Griffin, Astana (!), 7th-8th c.
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Buddhist painting, Dunhuang, 8-10th c
Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
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| Qutb Minar
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Stub of the Alai Minar
A planned even larger minaret
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The famed Iron Pillar
Probably from the 4th c AD
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A sadly smoggy day in Mumbai, mostly admiring Raj-era buildings.
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| Gateway of India, from the Taj
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| Gateway of India
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| Gateway of India: Inscription
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| The very grand Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (1903)
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| Taja Mahal Palace from waterfront
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| Taj, looking down a grand staircase
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| "Government of Maharashtra" Building
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| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum
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| Elphinstone College
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| David Sassoon Library and Reading Room (1870)
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| Rajabai Clock Tower, U of Mumbai
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| Raj-era Government building
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Flora Fountain (1869)
Named for the Roman Goddess
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Very grand Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Formerly the Victoria Terminus
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| Victoria Terminus central tower
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| “Bombay Municipal Corporation” building (1893)
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A mysteriously decayed grand dome
The building below is still maintained and active
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| St Thomas Cathedral
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Wandering cows
Blessed with a bright sun ray!
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| Bombay Stock Exchange
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| Bombay Stock Exchange bull
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| Starbucks, "A Tata Alliance"
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| Unexpected and very welcome Pizza Express
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| Eccentric ITC Hotel Declaration
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| Smoggy sunset from Mumbai flight
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On the sets of some Bollywood TV soap operas
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| Manicured "reality" only where needed
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| A street set
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| Please do not bring an emergency to this hospital
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| Our (tiny) Bollywood Dance Show
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Bandhavgarh National Park is famous for its tigers, but there is no guarantee of a sighting. I was lucky enough to get one five minute close-up
encounter with a male Bengal Tiger beside the road. He was very polite and posed graciously for photos.
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| Welcoming Tigers at The Untamed Bandhavgarh Camp
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| More friendly Tigers at The Untamed Bandhavgarh
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| Our "Gypsy" truck
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| Into the Park before dawn
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| Tiger prints
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| Tiger print
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| A curious Jackal
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| Spotted deer stag
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| View to Bandhavgarh Plateau
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| Park view from Bandhavgarh Plateau
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| Bandhavgarh Plateau shrine
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| Shiva Lingam + Reclining Vishnu
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| Outside the park, a road slowdown
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