People of the Himalayas, India     Click on thumbnails below for larger pictures.


Monks posing for a photo
McLeod Ganj, HP

Precariously balanced sadhu
McLeod Ganj, HP

Working women
Khajjiar, HP

Two women in Khajjiar, Himachal Pradesh

Buddha Purnima pilgrims
McLeod Ganj, HP

Naga sadhu from Rajasthan
McLeod Ganj, HP

Naga sadhu

Tibetan-Indian beggar
McLeod Ganj, HP

Arresting face?
McLeod Ganj, HP

Gazing monks
McLeod Ganj, HP


Tribal woman
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Fighting siblings
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Ready to bathe
Rishikesh, Uttaranchal


Rural Pilgrims
Rishikesh, Uttaranchal

Making chapatis
Garhwal, Uttaranchal

Women on public ghat
Rishikesh, Uttaranchal

White water rafting
Rishikesh, Uttaranchal

Flautist and drummer (more)
Rishikesh, Uttaranchal


Putting on dry clothes
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Family puja
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Photographer (more)
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Reading the scriptures
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Wedding procession
Nainital, Uttaranchal


Working woman
Khajjiar, HP

A woman in Khajjiar, Himachal Pradesh

Schoolboys
Khajjiar, HP

Schoolboys at a school in Himachal Pradesh, India

Singing for alms
Nainital, Uttaranchal

Deformed man singing in Nainital, India

Bachendri Pal
Garhwal, Uttaranchal

The first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest in 1984

Conveying the old
Yamunotri, Uttaranchal


Climbing barefoot
Yamunotri, Uttaranchal


Husband and wife
Garhwal, Uttaranchal


Ole chums
McLeod Ganj, HP


Working woman
Nainital, Uttaranchal


Young monks
Ravangla, Sikkim


Roast corn vendor
Nainital, Uttaranchal


Folk dance (1, 2)
Garhwal, Uttaranchal

Dancing pilgrims
Yamunotri, Uttaranchal

Pilgrim women (more)
Yamunotri, Uttaranchal


Smoking dope
Yamunotri, Uttaranchal


Begging for alms
McLeod Ganj, HP


Begging for alms
McLeod Ganj, HP


Begging for alms
McLeod Ganj, HP


Elderly monk
McLeod Ganj, HP

A female monk at McLeod Ganj, residence of the Dalai Lama and seat of the Tibetan government in exile.

Exhausted porters (more)
Yamunotri, Uttaranchal


Daughter and mother
Garhwal, Uttaranchal


Gabbing crowd
Garhwal, Uttaranchal


Couch potatoes
Yamunotri, Uttaranchal


Monks posing for a photo
McLeod Ganj, HP


Begging for alms
McLeod Ganj, HP


Folk singer
Khajjiar, HP

A folk singer in Khajjiar, Himachal Pradesh

Begging for alms
McLeod Ganj, HP


Amigos (more)
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


All dressed up
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Drying off by the ghats
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Tribal woman (more)
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Tibetan-Indian rag-picker
McLeod Ganj, HP


Cops
Rishikesh, Uttaranchal


Monks in debating class
McLeod Ganj, HP

Debating monks in McLeod Ganj, residence of the Dalai Lama and seat of the Tibetan government in exile.

Say cheese
Nainital, Uttaranchal


Boatman
Nainital, Uttaranchal


Crossing Gandhi chowk
Dalhousie, HP


Monk on a hot day
McLeod Ganj, HP


Boys up to no good
Chamba, HP


Guest beggar
McLeod Ganj, HP


Shiva devotees smoking dope
McLeod Ganj, HP


Wrinkled woman
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Leprosy victim
McLeod Ganj, HP


Picking lice
McLeod Ganj, HP

Picking lice?

Mother & child
McLeod Ganj, HP


Mother & child
McLeod Ganj, HP


Ralang gompa
Ravangala, Sikkim


Chillum time
McLeod Ganj, HP


Mother & child
McLeod Ganj, HP


Elderly pair
McLeod Ganj, HP


Leprosy victim
McLeod Ganj, HP


Bent old woman
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Albino with open sores
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Bathing in the Ganges
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Singing old man
Haridwar, Uttaranchal


Young monk
Ravangala, Sikkim


Monastery visitor
Ravangala, Sikkim


Monks after class
Ravangala, Sikkim


Young monks
Ravangala, Sikkim


Hyper children
Chamba, HP


Siblings?
Dalhousie, HP


Alternate medicine
Himachal Pradesh

In a village between Pathankot and Dalhousie

Laughing monk
McLeod Ganj, HP

       

 



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