The palace next to the residency

always impresses me while coming from the noisy street.

This is the vehicle I am allowed to use from the Kriti residency and the picture was taken by Katrin Jud a friend who is working with me on a huge painting of Mata Ganga Dji!

Back in Banaras

there isn't so much time left and I wish to soak in as much as possible of the simple life impressions out in the streets and villages.

People from Patna

what a chance to see the dance

from a play written by Rabindranath Tagore,
founder of the University of Santiniketan, the place where we admire the happening.

West Bengal reflections in the house of Krishno

An afternoon at the Hooghly

A distributary of the Ganga that crosses Kolkata.
Also here it is common to do Puja.

Down to Kolkata

waiting for the rain to stop

From the roof

up there

we got a ride

where there are no more public buses,
and luckily sat in one of these "Goods Carrier".

with the lokal bus from Leh to Alchi

chanting nuns

Listening to them after a wonderful night in the Rhizong nunnery,
while sipping a bowl ful of Tsompa.

stone population

up there

at the toe of the Himalaya

After a lot of "Pujas" we felt ready to touch the sky.

Puja is a word for the worship ritual that is daily celebrated in Hinduism

laundry hanging like paintings!

walking out of Haridwar

some woman

going up north there are more and more tibetan faces

Ganga at Haridwar

Rain in Haridwar, rain in Rishikesh

When it rains like this and you feel that Mata Ganga is everywhere, the best is to take the fish riksha! (and a cup of chay)

Mother and Daugther

living a devoted life to Shiva in a beautiful Ashram near Haridwar.

 

Shiva on an island in Haridwar

Father and Son

The son is having a lekture on Sanskrit and gently lets us remain in the classroom.

Ganga at Rishikesh

Since some weeks Elisabeth and me are travelling up and down the river "Ganga" (in hindi) and looking for interesting people to paint and to write about.

Encounter with Anand Das

a Saddhu in one of the many Ashrams in Haripur

portaits on the street

Krishna's Birthday

 

Some of the girls from the Kathak dancing school
had a show in the temple in honour of the God Krishna.