Oriol Casanovas Photographer
 

South India, notes

For the second edition of the look at daily life, I share images from different states located in the South of India: Goa, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

This work was made with a small Canon G-5 compact camera.-- Oriol Casanovas

goa palolem sadhu sunset
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A Sadhu walks along the beach in Palolem, Goa.

arambol beach goa
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A pack of dogs in Arambol beach.

arambol beach goa
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Blue mood in Arambol beach, Goa.

arambol beach goa
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Having a talk in Arambol beach, Goa. The wife, in a sign of respect, an step back from her husband.

indian railways train
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Traveling long distances on India's railway second or thirth class is probably the most authentic way to have a glimpse of this majestic society. 18 million people travel by train in India every day.

karnataka badami agastya cattle
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Farmers refreshing the cattle in the Agastya lake.

karnataka badami student
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A student of arts look backwards as her companions attends the teaching in Badami.

gokarna beach karnataka
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Gokarna is one of the most sacred holy towns for Hindus in south India.

gokarna beach karnataka
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A distant figure stands out watching the sea in Om beach.

gokarna beach karnataka bull
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A bull, symbol of virility and strength in hinduism, resting on the beach in Gokarna, Karnataka.

gokarna beach games karnataka
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Male games in Gokarna beach.

Indian student maths gokarna
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Learning maths under the candlelight in Gokarna.

tree sunset hannuman temple hampi
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Sunset in the Hannuman temple near Hampi.

elephant bath hannuman tungabhadra hampi
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Broken Hannuman sculpture in the Tungabhadra River as it passes trough Hampi.

Foto Haenyo12
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Naturalness, spontaneity... India shown without complexes.

indian railways karnataka poverty
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A boy, covered in rust, wanders in the railroad tracks near the Sri Srinivasa mining, Karnataka.

fort kochi kerala crow
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Simetry in Fort Kochi, Kerala.

kerala water boy
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A boy playing with tap water in Kerala.

bekal fort kerala pallikere
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A couple take a walk in Bekal Fort, Pallikere, Kerala.

edava beach kerala
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India is not just a geography or history. It is not only a nation, a country, a mere piece of land. It is something more: it is a metaphor, poetry, something invisible but very tangible. It is vibrating with certain energy fields that no other country can claim. -Osho, from "India my love, fragments of a golden past"-

kerala kuthira human power
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Devotees lifting the "kuthira" gigantic structures in the Kumbha Bharani festival.

Kumbha bharani kuthira indian musician
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Musicians in a religious street parade, Kerala.

munnar kerala river bath
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Mother and daughter having a bath near Munnar, Kerala.

indian railways employees train tracks
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People employed in Indian Railways are about 1.6 million. Employees taking a bath on the train tracks.

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poverty trivandrum vegetarian pollution
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Vegetarian or non vegetarian? Digging in the dirt under a bridge in Trivandrum, Kerala.

ghandi graffity trivandrum healers
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Mahatma's Ghandi quotation painted on a wall in Trivandrum: -"We need the healers of soul rather than of the bodies. The multiplicity of the hospital and medical men is no true sign of civilization."

Thiruvananthapuram clerck
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A senior clerk in Thiruvananthapuram.

indian railways train track
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The Indian rail system is a vast network generating a strong social cohesion. The total track kilometers on the Indian Railways, equals eight times the diameter of the earth.

farmers ramana maharshi ashram
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Farmers in Ramana Maharshi's ashram, in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.

Bharatanatyam dancer tamil nadu
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Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form originating in Tamil Nadu.

tiruvannamalai tamil nadu painting
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Painting a truck in Tiruvannamalai; Tamil Nadu.

begger tiruvannamalai tamil nadu
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A beggar aks for alms.

puducherry pondicherri tamil nadu
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Pedestrians pass in front of a painted election poster in Puducherry.

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