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

In the paintor's workshop. Jamanagar

The paintor himself is here:

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He is painting on iron boards, mainly for rickshaws, trucks...Bollywood movies subjects.

Women puja. Dwarka

 

Rice is used to do svastikas and other signs on the ghat. Dwarka is a little varanasi, dedicated to Krishna, but on the sea shore,it gives really a different mood.

the fishes are waiting for the offerings... 

Some coins. Patan

Wood collecting. Mandvi

In the shipbuilding area , some women and children try to collect some wood pieces for cooking.

Vegetables? Patan

Butchers. Junagadh

Indubitably in the muslim area...

Cauliflowers. Mandi

Woman day. Jamnagar

Just to remember that women life does not always means happiness...

Jewelled. Dwarka

Pilgrims. Dwarka

with silver or golden earrings...

Cycle repairing workshop. Patan

Tribute to gandhi. Jamnagar

Mahatma Gandin have been murdered a 30 th of January. Just have a think to him, even if we don't agree with all what he have done or thought; he will remain as a great man.
In Gujarat, people have a real dovotion for him, and it's not rare to find a Gandhi representation in the streets.

Crazy sun. Bhuj

Carving marble for a new temple ( the first one have been destroyed by the earthquake in 2001). Not easy with a crazy sun which makes the white marble terrific for the eyes. Not easy for photos too.
The builder is Swaminarayam, one of the most influent and rich sect in this country.

Mother and goats. Junagadh

Junagadh, muslim area...

Young butcher. Junagadh

Women. Dwarka

Matras making. Junagadh

Temples and nets. Vanakbara

Vanakbara is a fishermen vilage in the Diu island, hinduist place ( Diu town is mostly catholic).

Bull, wall and palm tree. Bhuj

Happy grandma. Dwarka

All her belonging on her: gold jewels.

Queue.Palitana

Inside of the jain temple, pilgrims are waiting their turn to go inside the sanctuary. On left a jain sadhvi.

Paintor's workshop. Jamnagar

He paints on iron for rickshaws and trucks decoration. Mostly imaginary landscapes and Bollywood actors and actresses.

Women. Dwarka

Hungry ? Patan

Here I eat some chapatis and (spicy) vegetables...nice family.

Fish market. Gohghla

I went two times to the night fishes market, but I don't know why, as soon as these two women ( you see them sitting) arrived with their fishes, customers grouped around them to buy.

Blue. Diu

A violet world. Mandvi

Family. Patan

School homework. Junagadh

As everywhere in the world, doing the schoolwork at home can be a problem...talk about this wis the two girls on left side!

Mothers. Dwarka

Resting baby goat. Jamnagar

Veiling. Bhuj

The shipbuilding boss. Mandvi

These all wooden boats were builded for Dubai; hope the recent financial crisis in this country did not have had repercussions on the contracts...

Begging cows. Dwarka

Sorry for the plastic bag, they are everywhere and there was no wind that day!

Street portrait. Dwarka

Morning ghat scene. Dwarka

Moustache. Junagadh

Sunrising chat. Dwarka

golden earrings....

Sewing saris. Patan

Patan is famous according to his "patola" sari. Beautiful, but also very expensive. In the small city, women sew in the old wooden houses.

Geometry. Bhavnagar

Girl. Patan