India can overwhelm your senses, leave you breathless, and readjust your sense of the world. It is my new favorite place. Below are a few photos from my recent trip.

The entrance arch at the Taj Mahal has a beauty that has been overshadowed by the tomb itself.
Cruising down the backwater canals of Kerala offers many glimpses of the spiritual side of India.
The women of India are beautiful, proud, and full of life. Although they still face many hardships, their lot is improving.
Mumbai traffic has an intensity that is unrivaled.

Color. It’s all about the color.
A mother and child trekking to a mountaintop temple outside of Udaipur.

Even a simple meal offers a complexity of flavors. The food is to die for.

A boatman transporting dredged sand in Kerala.

Looking through an archway in the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri

On the way to school, a girl casts a skeptical eye on an American tourist.

A rural lane in Kerala offers a study of light and shadow.
You can’t throw a rock without hitting some display of religious faith. Hinduism dominates.
I took over a thousand photos, so there will be more to follow.

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