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INDIA | Travel Photography

Documentary Photography in India. 100% Travel Photography. 

THE HOLY GANGES

INDIA

Suggestive photos of Ganges, Indian holy river. Pilgrims bathe, pray, play and lay down the dead ones in the waters of one of the world’s most polluted river.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY RIVER GANGES

VARANASI - MISTY GHATS

INDIA

Varanasi in a suggestive December mood. The peculiar city ghats and the pilgrims shrouded in mist.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY VARANASI

VARANASI - GANGA AARTI

INDIA

Reportage photography in Varanasi, one of the most ancient and sacred cities in the world, during Ganga Aarti Ceremony. 

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY VARANASI GANGA AARTI

VARANASI - MANIKARNIKA GHAT

INDIA

Documentary photography in Varanasi. Manikarnika Ghat is a cremation ghat where the dead ones are burnt to receive liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY MANIKARNIKA BURNING GHAT VARANASI

VARANASI - STREETS & ALLEYS

INDIA

Street Photography in Varanasi. Thousands of Shiva temples, monkeys and sadhus, cows and pilgrims. 

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY VARANASI STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

VARANASI - DEMOLITION

INDIA

Documentary photography in Varanasi. The surroundings of the Golden Temple are being demolished to gain a better access to the river ghats.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY VARANASI DEMOLITION

VARANASI - FRUIT MARKET

INDIA

Documentary photography in Panckoshi Market. The greengrocers wouldn’t let me go before taking everybody’s pictures!

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY VARANASI FRUIT MARKET

SARNATH

INDIA

A quick stop in Sarnath on a December misty morning. Here Buddha first taught Dharma. 

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY SARNATH

BRICK KILNS

INDIA

A stop to some of the brick kilns which are working from north to south to build the future of India.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY INDIAN BRICK KILNS

TAMIL NADU - CHENNAI & MAMALLAPURAM

INDIA

Documentary photography in Chennai and Mamallapuram. Dravidic culture at its best, with Shiva temples, mystic fervor and zest for life.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY TAMIL NADU CHENNAI MAMALLAPURAM

TAMIL NADU - THIRUVANNAMALAI & THANJAVUR

INDIA

My documentary photography in Thiruvannamalai and Thanjavur’s gopuram and temples. People’s devotion is unmatched.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY TAMIL NADU THIRUVANNAMALAI THANJAVUR

TAMIL NADU - FORT TIRUMAYAM & MADURAI

INDIA

Documentary photography in Madurai and Fort Tirumayam. Tamil culture at its best.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY TAMIL NADU MADURAI FORT TIRUMAYAM

KERALA - MUNNAR

INDIA

Documentary photography in Munnar’s tea plantations, Kerala Region, where I got lost in mountains which looks like gardens.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY KERALA MUNNAR

KERALA - PERYIAR

INDIA

My favorite shots in Peryiar: Peryiar Nation Park, Kalari martial arts performances and the unusual Kathakali dance.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY KERALA PERYIAR

KERALA - BACKWATERS

INDIA

Alleppey’s backwaters during a sunny January day: shots of the typical houseboats sailing through the canals, landscapes of sensual vegetation and documentary photography of people’s everyday life.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY KERALA BACKWATERS

KERALA - KOCHI

INDIA

Take a look at the typical Chinese fishing nets of Fort Kochi colonial district and dream to swim in the well known Kuzhupilly Beach. 

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY KERALA KOCHI


© Andrea Marchegiani - Travel Photographer & Storyteller