| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Chinese fishing nets.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Kerala traded with China and adopted Chinese finshing methods.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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A village and a row of Chinese fishing nets.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Boat building.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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People on a village ferry.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Boat stop.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Collecting water.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Ferry carrying a bicycle.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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One of the many Backwater waterways linking villages in Kerala.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Punting along the Backwaters.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Young ferry passenger.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Small village on a spit of land.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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A Backwaters waterway fringed with palms.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Cargo boat by a brick house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Village hall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Carrying coconuts.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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A Backwaters waterway fringed with palms and plied by boats.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Jellyfish.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Thatched wooden houses.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Kerala style brick houses painted white with tiled roofs.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Woman by the water.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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A house by the water.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Ferries.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Collecting coconuts.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Sail boat.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Rural scene.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Cargo boat.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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The picturesque Backwaters of Kerala.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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One of the many villages by the Backwaters.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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People by a cargo boat.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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The Backwaters are very picturesque and a popular travel route.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Village with communial area.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Covered boat.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Sail boat on a lagoon.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Two ferries.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Fishing nets.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Quiet waterway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Two sail boats in awode lagoon near Alleppey.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Children swimming.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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A spit of land.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Keralite houses in Alleppey, one of the towns on the Backwaters.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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The town is small and pleasant.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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A group of girls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
Site / Event : Mullakkal Temple
|
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The Mullakkal Temple is a typical Keralite Hindu temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
Site / Event : Mullakkal Temple
|
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Keralite temples are unwalled.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
Site / Event : Mullakkal Temple
|
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The temple is over 500 years old.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
Site / Event : Mullakkal Temple
|
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The architecture resembles that of a Keralite house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
Site / Event : Mullakkal Temple
|
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The covered prayer hall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
Site / Event : Mullakkal Temple
|
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Carved stone shrine.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Alleppey is a centre of Orthodox Christianity and has many churches.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Icons are common in Orthodox churches.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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The Edathua Church is Syrian Orthodox.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Catholic church from the Portuguese era.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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A typical mosque in Alleppey without a dome or minaret.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Lorries loading goods onto boats for transport.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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The town has been called The Venice of the East.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Posters overlooking the river.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Two men in a boat.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Canalside market.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Hay on the quayside.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Unloading bricks.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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A group of men playing cards.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
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Hindu girl.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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The backwaters of Kerala are a series of waterways and lagoons used for transport between villages.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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The waterways of the Backwaters extend for over 900km.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Boarding a ferry.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Two fishermen.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Local ferry transporting people and animals.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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A group of people waiting for a ferry.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Walking alongside the waterway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Pictuesque scene.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Ducks on the water.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Muslim settlement by a river.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Muslim villagers.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Small waterside shop.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Settlement.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Brick house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Washing clothes.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Small boat docking quay.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Overgrown waterway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Pretty house by the water.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Female punter on local ferry.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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House with thatched roof resembling a Keralite house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
|
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Quiet waterway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
|
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Kottayam is a quiet city with many churches and temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
|
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The city dates from the 9th century and was part of a kingdom that defeated the Dutch East India Company.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
|
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Poster for optician.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Vallia Palli
|
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Vallia Palli is a 7th century Syrian Orthodox church.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Vallia Palli
|
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The Syrian Orthodox church in Kottayam used to import its bishops from Mesopotamia until the arrival of the Portuguese.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Vallia Palli
|
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The Syrian Orthodox Christian community dates from the 1st century.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Vallia Palli
|
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Plaque commomorating the visit of Haile Selassie from Ethiopia.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Vallia Palli
|
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The altar with gold candelabras.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Vallia Palli
|
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A Persian cross with an inscription in Pali.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Cheriya Palli
|
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Cheriya Palli is an Orthodox church.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Cheriya Palli
|
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Cheriya Palli is an 8th century church.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Cheriya Palli
|
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Side entrance with red tiled roof.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Cheriya Palli
|
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Icons surrounding the altar.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Cheriya Palli
|
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Faded wall paintings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple
|
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The entrance to the Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Kottayam
Site / Event : Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple
|
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One of the gates to the temple which is deicated to Shiva.
|
1989 |
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