My Travels: Sonepur Mela 2015

 Photos from my visit to Sonepur Mela and the Chhath Puja festival. These photos were taken shortly after Varanasi. 

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Portrait of an Indian woman
Portrait of an Indian woman
Greetings
Greetings
Dusty work
Dusty work
Pilgrim portrait
Pilgrim portrait
Portrait of a Pilgrim
Portrait of a Pilgrim
Concentrated
Concentrated
At home in Sonepur Mela
At home in Sonepur Mela
by the Ganges
by the Ganges
On the steps
On the steps
Religious Pilgrim
Religious Pilgrim
Guru
Guru
Street man
Street man
Taking it easy
Taking it easy
At the festival
At the festival
Happy
Happy
The traveller
The traveller
Young girl
Young girl
The Chicken keeper
The Chicken keeper
Aspirations
Aspirations
Pulling a face
Pulling a face
The Pilgrims
The Pilgrims
The Preacher
The Preacher
Cooking for dinner
Cooking for dinner
Taxi drivers
Taxi drivers
The market man
The market man
Indian woman
Indian woman
In the kitchen
In the kitchen
Indian generation
Indian generation
Getting a nap
Getting a nap
Sonepur Mela at night
Sonepur Mela at night
Ganges wash
Ganges wash
Ganges purification
Ganges purification
Ganges Portrait
Ganges Portrait
Girl in a trance
Girl in a trance
Religious Trance
Religious Trance
On trial
On trial
Do not mess with me
Do not mess with me
My home
My home
Uncertain future
Uncertain future
Pensive
Pensive
Sonepur young family
Sonepur young family
Waiting for a customer
Waiting for a customer
Celebration
Celebration
Jump
Jump
Fire Ritual
Fire Ritual
By the Fire
By the Fire
Hindu hand
Hindu hand
The Believer
The Believer