A Slide Sow for fast people. A day in the life of Jaïn sadhvis. After I had shared the evening meal, in another room, it was time to say good bye to the Sadhvis. I was to meet them 2 days later in Mysore. Supervising the evening meal the Jaïn neighbors are bringing in. After the long walk, the moment of meditation for the Jain sadhvis.

A photographic exhibition by Claude Renault. Kala Kahani is predominantly a literature based project so we would love to hear. A kid and a tank. An image of a Puja on Bab.

The administrative and legislative capital is Lucknow and the judicial capital is Allahabad. Maheshwar, a young Brahmin during the morning Puja on the banks of the sacred Ganges in Varanasi. Morning Puja for young Brahmin on the banks of the Holy Ganges in Varanasi.

A state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. To its east and northeast, Kerala borders Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; to its west and south lie the Indian Ocean islands of Lakshadweep and the Maldives, respectively. Kerala envelops Mahé, a coastal exclave of Pondicherry. Kerala is one of four states that comprise the linguistic-cultural region known as South India.

Some images of a trip I took from the sources of the Ganges to Calcutta. Sunday, November 20, 2005. Those 56 images are a sample of what I saw during this journey, the people I met going down from Gaumukh, the sources of the sacred Ganges to Calcutta. On my last day in Calcutta, I finally got the chance to see what the monsoon could look like. Shot from the Howrah bridge.

Drying Saris on the ghats in Haridwar where the next Kumbh Mela will take place. Bodhya, a buddhist nun from Tibet, living inside theTibetan settlement of Clement Town, near Dehradhun.

Pilgrims on the road from Tiruvanamalai to Tirupati. They were ready to walk the entire distance, about 200km. A man selling Banana leaves on the market in Madurai. They will be used as eco friendly plates around town. A woman praying inside the Meenakshi temple in Madurai. Kids diving into the sacred tank of the Arunachaleswar Shiva temple in Tiruvannamalai. A fisherman on the beach in Tiruchendur. A weaver on his loom in Ayampattai.

So many widows leave in that town. A widow going back home from the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram where 2000 widows come everyday to pray. Sometime heavy rain makes thing more difficult. Some widows drying off their clothing home. They rent a room, 200 meters away from the Sri Bagwan Bhajan Ashram in Vrindavan.

An older woman praying next to a lingam in the temple in Sri Sailam. The same students seen before having lunch in a Lingaïte school. Young students inside the temple in Sri Sailam. They will eventually become priests. Rickshaws on the street in front of the Charminar in Hyderabad.