| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
|
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Refugee from Bangladesh.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Brahmeswar Temple
|
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The 9th century Brahmeswar Temple is a typical Orissa temple set in a walled compound.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Brahmeswar Temple
|
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The lion crushing the elephant is a symbol of Hinduism overcoming Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Brahmeswar Temple
|
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Erotic carvings decorate the Brahmeswar Temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Brahmeswar Temple
|
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Erotic carving.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
|
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Island shrine.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
|
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Refugee children from Bangladesh.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
|
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Cow wandering in the city.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
|
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Rural scene.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Small village in Udayagiri.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Women drying rice in the road.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Rickshaw drivers waiting for passengers.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Female college students.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Bullock cart.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Collecting water.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Farmers.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Political graffiti.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Village house.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Water buffalo.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Udayagiri (sunrise hill) is famous for its cave temples.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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The Udayagiri cave temples date from the 2nd century BCE.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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Sloped hill leading to the cave temples.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
Site / Event : Queen's Palace Cave
|
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The Queen's Palace Cave.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
Site / Event : Queen's Palace Cave
|
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External carvings.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
Site / Event : Queen's Palace Cave
|
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Steps leading to the caves.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
Site / Event : Queen's Palace Cave
|
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Cave entrance with guardians.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
Site / Event : Queen's Palace Cave
|
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Wall carvings.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
Site / Event : Queen's Palace Cave
|
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Pali inscription about Kharavali who reigned between 168 and 153 BCE.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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Carved elephant outside the Ganesh Temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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Monkeys.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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Pilgrims climbing the hill to the cave temples.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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Visitors.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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Tiger cave.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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Monkeys and goats.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
District : Cave Temples
|
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Feeding a monkey.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Udayagiri
|
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Kandagiri Hill topped with a Jain temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
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Dhauli was once a border region for the Buddhist empire of Ashoka.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
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The Peace Pagoda tops Dhauligiri Hill and is Buddhist.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
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An Ashoka edict written in Pali and dating from the 2nd century BCE.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
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Fertile plains in the Dhauli region.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
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Settlement on one of the hills around Dhauli.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
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Scenery around Dhauli.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
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Rural scene at Dhauli.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
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The village of Pipli is famous for its craftwork used on temples.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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The city of Puri is one of the holiest cities in India.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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Puri attracts many pilgrims.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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Holy man in Puri, an important pilgrimage city.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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Pilgrims.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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Local transport.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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Cow wandering through a market.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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Builder.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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Temple idols.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
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The city has many Hindu temples.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
Site / Event : Jagannath Temple
|
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The great temple of Jagannath dates from 1198.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
Site / Event : Jagannath Temple
|
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6000 people are employed to run the Jagannath Temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
Site / Event : Jagannath Temple
|
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The image of Jagannath. The god is carried around the city once a year in a very large cart (from which the word "juggernaut" is derived).
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
Site / Event : Jagannath Temple
|
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Painted statues outside the temple plus a sign banning leather items.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
Site / Event : Jagannath Temple
|
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The elaborately carved duel is 58m high.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
|
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Misty morning on the beach in Puri.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
|
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Colourful fishing boat.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
|
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Large painted fishing boat, typical of the region.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
|
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Fishing boat at sea.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
|
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Small fishing boats which are untied when not in use to dry on the sand.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
|
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The beach at Puri, one of the holiest cities in India.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
Site / Event : Fishing Village
|
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A Telegu fishing village on the beach at Puri.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
Site / Event : Fishing Village
|
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A group of Telegu children.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
Site / Event : Fishing Village
|
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Woman cleaning fish.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
Site / Event : Fishing Village
|
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Woman cooking.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
Site / Event : Fishing Village
|
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The village is made from traditional houses.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
Site / Event : Fishing Village
|
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A group of children.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
Site / Event : Fishing Village
|
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Political posters from 1988.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
Site / Event : Fishing Village
|
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Village overlooked by a castle.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
|
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Hindu temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The Temple of the Sun dates from the 13th century.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The temple is set in a pretty garden.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The entrance to the temple is flanked by lions standing on elephants.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The lion crushing an elephant is a common Orissa theme signiifying the resurgence of Hinduism over Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The Temple of the Sun is in the shape of a chariot for the Sun god, Surya.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The Sun god's chariot has 24 carved wheels.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The carved wheels are 2.5m high.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Detail of a wheel from the temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Erotic carving within one of the wheels.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The main temple roof.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The temple walls and columns are a riot of carvings.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Erotic carvings on the outside walls of the temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Scenes from the Kama Sutra and an elephant.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Detail of erotic carvings from the Kama Sutra.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Female musicians.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Dancing figure.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Two women studying the erotic carvings around the base of the temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Lion.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Stone elephant.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Lion crushing an elephant, a symbol of Hinduism replacing Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Visitors to the temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Demon.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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Horse and rider.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
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The image of Surya, the Sun god.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
Region : Chilka Lake
|
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Chilka Lake is 70km by 16km and separated from the sea by a sand spit.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
Region : Chilka Lake
|
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Chilka Lake is a national park and is home to thousands of birds.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
Region : Chilka Lake
|
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Fisherman in the shallows of the lake.
|
1988 |
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