Small Church in South India

This is a small church in South India. You can see the cultural integration here. Rangoli at the doorsteps. Colourful. It is a Mother Mary church.

A small statue of Mother Mary inside the church. The interiors of the church are as colourful as the outside.

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A large church in Kerala: Ancient Kerala Church called Cheriya Pally
A church and a mosque in one place - Hagia Sophia Pictures. A place of worship for both religions - a churchmosque which is most of the time functions like a museum.

Indian priests from Kerala

These are photographs of a Hindu priests in Kerala, inside of the temple premises.
In the first image there is an old man sitting quietly outside the temple with a younger man. A cell phone hangs around his neck, along with the rudraksha bead necklace (the holy beads used in prayer). Interesting how technology and religion have come together!

Another photograph of the duo, sitting quietly outside the temple sanctum. The younger man is busy with his cell phone.

A temple priest is fixing the bronze diya which is usually lighted up as part of the Hindu rituals.

Related Images: Priest performing a Pooja
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Giraffes in the wild

It's amazing how wild animals merge into the background. Here is a lone giraffe standing in the middle of the African jungle. The colors in the background match his colours! Almost like a comouflage.

Giraffes have very long necks and legs. They do not have many predators, though lions can attack them. Giraffes can live up to 25 years in the wild.

Here are two giraffes foraging amongst the leaves in the African jungle.

You don't usually see giraffes sitting in the jungle. But here is one, relaxing.

They may look very elegant and graceful from afar, but close up giraffes are not exactly cute! This is a close up of the face of a giraffe. A portrait of a giraffe.

Related Images: Wild Zebras in Ruaha National Park Tanzania or a Man with camel - photograph and silhouette or check out the label "Animals."

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People from Kerala

These are photographs of ordinary and poor people from the state of Kerala. 

Two women, one young and one old, trudging through the jungle. 

Two workers fixing a shamiana or canopy for a function in a hotel.

An old man in a short lungi walking on a road in the jungle

Two Ayappa devotees taking photographs from a cell phone. 

Related Images: Old Rural Indian Men portraits and expressions or Elderly Indian men in ethnic clothes or A village in Maharashtra or Old and elderly women in India or Old men in India
or Ayyappa devotees in Madurai or Tea Gardens in Kerala or Rubber Plantations in Kerala
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Spitting in public places

Spitting is very common in India and is mainly due to people chewing tobacco. Mostly people spit on roads, in lifts, in ditches and in any place they find as long as it is not in their own home.

Spitting out of train and bus windows is very common. But here is a cab driver risking dirtying his own cab by spitting out of the window.

Here is an example of how public places are dirtied by spit.

Related Reading: Garbage on the roads in India  or People peeing and shitting on the streets in India or KFC Garbage or Garbage trucks or dumpers in India or see other posts on Sanitation

Inside the Bombay High Court

These are images from inside the High Court of Bombay. Courtrooms are spacious, air-conditioned and seats are comfortable. The rooms have high ceilings as this is a heritage building built in the British era.
The name of the city of Bombay may have changed to Mumbai, but the High Court is still called the Bombay High Court.

In this first image you can see some lawyers sitting on the chairs. The judge is studying some papers on his desk. Courtroom clerks can be seen in the picture.

Courtrooms in the High Court of Bombay now have large screens which detail which case is being heart by which judge and in which court room. A godsend to the lawyers who have several cases being heard in different court rooms.

A corridor outside the court rooms.

A lawyer walking the corridors of the Bombay High Court.

For more images from Bombay check the label Mumbai. Or if you are looking for people in different trades: Occupations.