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300 year old hilltop temple set amongst wheat and mutter (pea) farms, near Bhagwanpura village, Rajasthan, India
Beautiful Bhagwanpura village, Rajasthan, India, set amongst flower and vegetable farms in the Thar Desert
Women bathe in the Ganges River. Their feet are yellow because they've been covered in Turmeric to prevent infection from the heavily polluted water in the Ganges, Tulsi Ghat, Varanasi, India.
Hindus prepare roti at a day of observance for deceased relatives (not Mahalaya, something else, but I don't remember the name), Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A farmer with his mutter (pea) crop, Nagaur village Rajasthan, India. Widely used in dishes like Mutter Paneer and Aloo Mutter.
A wonderful image that says a lot. In a tiny hilltop temple near Bhagwanpura village, Rajasthan, India, Hindu faithful have laid a single peapod (mutter) along rocks in a devotional arrangement. Mutter is an important crop grown directly outside the temple. Such integration of the simple objects of daily life into religious devotions is common in India.
A boy eats carrots and mutter (peas) handed out for free as part of the government food assistance program, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A woman from the Cheeta caste prepares Chapati bread from wheat grown only five minutes away, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
A favorite image - unaware of the camera, a group of sisters from a wheat farming family playfight using pieces of cardboard as swords, Doomara village, Rajasthan, India. These are amazingly happy, friendly people.
Beautiful scene as pigeons fly near a female peacock on a wheat farm in late light, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Limes and chilis (Hindu good luck charms) hang from a taxi drivers rear-view mirror, Kalighat, Kolkata, India
Hindus prepare roti at a day of observance for deceased relatives (not Mahalaya, something else, but I don't remember the name), Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Women make offerings on the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
Offerings on the banks of the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
A woman from the Cheeta caste prepares Chapati bread from wheat grown only five minutes away, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Tractor next to an excavation show the very deepy sandy soil of the Thar Desert, near Amba village, Rajasthan, India
300 year old hilltop temple set amongst wheat and mutter (pea) farms, near Bhagwanpura village, Rajasthan, India
A woman prays on the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
View of workers in wheat fields from inside of a small 300 year old temple, Bhagwanpura village, Rajasthan, India
Boys herding goats make chai tea by filling a plastic water bottle with water from a creek, milk from their goat, and tea from their pocket, then boling it over a fire. Bedhnath temple area, Rajasthan, India.
Ladies in saris buy eggplants from a mobile (bicycle) vegetable seller while taking a lunchbreak from a goverment subsidized construction job, Kaklana village, Rajasthan, India
Boys herding goats make chai tea by filling a plastic water bottle with water from a creek, milk from their goat, and tea from their pocket, then boling it over a fire. Bedhnath temple area, Rajasthan, India.
Plastic chai tea cups burn in a fire to keep people warm on a cold winter morning in the desert, Majhewla village, Rajasthan, India. Such fires, numbering in the millions every day across India, contribute to the country's terrible air pollution.
That's India for you! Marble idol of Saraswati among mustard oil cans, Budha Pushkar temple, Rajasthan, India
A woman from the Cheeta caste prepares Chapati bread from wheat grown only five minutes away, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Laborer on a farm growing peas, wheat, and carrots walks home for the day, Nand village, Rajasthan, India
Mutter peas (Pisum sativum) in Kharekhari village, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Mutter is a major crop in the region, known for its use in the popular dish Aloo Mutter (potato and peas). People commonly snack on the sweet peas.
Boys herding goats make chai tea by filling a plastic water bottle with water from a creek, milk from their goat, and tea from their pocket, then boling it over a fire. Bedhnath temple area, Rajasthan, India.
Offerings on the banks of the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
A woman from the Cheeta caste prepares Chapati bread from wheat grown only five minutes away, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Police officers chat over chai tea during the Durga Puja festival, Newmarket, Taltala, Kolkata, India
A man from the Cheeta caste prepares breakfast before sunrise on a freezng winter morning, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
A woman from the Cheeta caste prepares Chapati bread from wheat grown only five minutes away, Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Offerings on the banks of the Ganges River during Chhath Puja, Varanasi, India. Chhath Puja is a devotion to the Sun God Surya in which people gather at sunset and then on the following sunrise and offer prayers.
American swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) bringing food (a cicada) to its mate, La Escondita, near San Isidro, Costa Rica
Sign reading Baboons are Dangerous and Attracted by Food, Cape Peninsula National Park, South Africa
Chacma baboons from the Smitswinkel troop eat food they raided from a tourist's car, near Castle Rock Sanctuary, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
A chacma baboon from the Plateau Road troop eats a pine cone (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Cones from the invasive pine trees along Plateau road are a favored food source for this troop.
Chacma baboons from the Buffels Bay troop sit near cars where picnicers are packing up their food, Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
A chacma baboon from the Plateau Road troop eats a pine cone (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Cones from the invasive pine trees along Plateau road are a favored food source for this troop.
A chacma baboon from the Plateau Road troop eats a pine cone (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Cones from the invasive pine trees along Plateau road are a favored food source for this troop.
A chacma baboon from the Plateau Road troop eats a pine cone (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Cones from the invasive pine trees along Plateau road are a favored food source for this troop.
A chacma baboon from the Plateau Road troop eats a pine cone (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Cones from the invasive pine trees along Plateau road are a favored food source for this troop.
Chacma baboons from the Smitswinkel troop eat food they raided from a tourist's car, near Castle Rock Sanctuary, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
A chacma baboon from the Plateau Road troop eats a pine cone (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Cones from the invasive pine trees along Plateau road are a major food source for this troop.
A chacma baboon from the Plateau Road troop eats a pine cone (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Cones from the invasive pine trees along Plateau road are a favored food source for this troop.
A chacma baboon from the Smitswinkel troop looks for food on the porch of a beach house near Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
A chacma baboon from the Plateau Road troop eats a pine cone (sp.), Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Cones from the invasive pine trees along Plateau road are a favored food source for this troop.
Chacma baboons from the Smitswinkel troop eat food they raided from a tourist's car, near Castle Rock Sanctuary, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Chacma baboons from the Smitswinkel troop eat food they raided from a tourist's car, near Castle Rock Sanctuary, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
A 5 year-old girl tends to her mother's food stall - consisting of a bucket on the sidewalk - underneath graffiti on a street in Cusco, Peru
A boldly patterned tomato hornworm searches for food in the cloud forest a night, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
American swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) bringing food to its mate, La Escondita, near San Isidro, Costa Rica
