Beach time.

Beach time for the pilgrims in the afternoon. Beyond the Krishna temple.

Climbing up the steps. Junagadh

Most of the pilgrims stop at the jain temples, but if you go ti the Shiva temple, the worst is to come, you must climb down a great part of the highness you had reached and climb up again! About 10 000 steps under the sun...a young girl loosed her knowledge in the temple when I was in.

The grandma club. Patan

Sweeping. Palitana

In a jain temple (this man is wearing some material on his mouth to prevent from respiring some insect; jain respect any kind of life).

Entrance. Bhavnagar

The dolphin. mandvi

The chat. Patan

Newspaper. Junagadh

Lunch pause. Mandvi

Rabari woman. Patan

the rabari women wear heavy silver or golden  earrings ,it's depends of their economical situation.
They also wear tatoos.

Gesture language. Junagadh

Washing dishes. Dwarka

Most of these pilgrims are poor people, they bring all what is necessary for cooking.
Washing dishes is more easy, some sand and water...

Painting. Dwarka

Repairing the truck. Bhavnagar

The mosque. Jamnagar

Phoning. Junagadh

Phoning in the jain temples of Junagadh.

Fish market. Gohghla

The fishermen, the bull and the portuguese fort. Diu

Devotion to Santo Roque. Diu

The island of Diu have been portuguese possession during cenyuries. Now it's an indian place, but the mood is lusitanian, there is no doubt!

School is finished. Diu

The pilgrim. Dwarka

Encounter in the street. Dwarka

The last trip. Junagadh

In the paintor's workshop. Jamnagar

Pilgrims. Dwarka

Cooking. Patan

Women and cows. Dwarka

Charming young ladies from Diu.

Flying. Dwarka

The chat. Dwarka

The butchers. Junagadh

Bus stop.

Rice svastikas. Dwarka

Svastikas are hinduism symbols. Dwarka  on the indian ocean shore  ,is one of the few Krisna pilgrimage places in India.

The shop owner's son. Junagadh

Men. Jamnagar

The milkman and the goats. Jamnagar

Buffalos keeper. Dwarka

The boats, the nets and the little girl. Vanakbara

Bargaining the copper pot. Jamnagar

A hard, hard dog's life. Diu

When you feel sad, nothing to do except a long nap to forget the life problems. Saudade!
Diu is an island owned during centuries by portuguese, it can be seen in architectury, way of life, language (some people are still speaking portuguese and people faces.
Really different from other places.

The women and the pelicans. Bhuj

Laundry in the Bhuj tank; women have to share the place with pelicans, the neighbourhood is not always peaceful...
Bhuj have been very dammaged by the 2001 earthquake.
Thousands and thousands people dead in Gujarat and east Pakistan.

Pilgrim. Dwarka

Chatting. Junagadh

Notice the man's golden earrings.

On the way to the Shiva temple. Junagadh

They were coming by feet from Himachal Pradesh, owners of nothing. We started together , but I was often stopping for shoting, everytime when I joined them again they said "how can you be so fast! We finally climb together. The problem is that you have to climb and climb to the top and you finally discover that you have to go down and up again to reach this temple (you see it on top of the hill).very friendly and intelligent people.

Gita and Magi. Dwarka

Barber shop. Jamnagar

Red. Dwarka

Lips. Dwarka

The kind grandma. Patan

Pilgrims. Dwarka