Month: September 2022

People

A priest applying sandalwood paste on the forehead of a woman devotee at Ghats of Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Maria Vincent Robinson2 Comments
A priest applying sandalwood paste on the forehead of a woman devotee at Ghats of Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Marking on forehead with sandalwood paste is considered to have health and spiritual benefits and widely practiced when people visit temples.

A priest applying sandalwood paste on the forehead of a woman devotee at Ghats of Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
People

A young barber shaving off beard of a man who is offering it at Ghats of Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Maria Vincent Robinson2 Comments

A priest applying sandalwood paste on the forehead of a woman devotee at Ghats of Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
People usually grow up hair for a few weeks or months and would shave off at the temples.

A young barber removing beard of a man who is offering it at Ghats of Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
People

A street vendor selling nursery plants in his push cart, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Maria Vincent Robinson7 Comments
It’s always great to see interesting things like live flower plants are brought out in mobile carts

A street vendor selling nursery plants in his push cart, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Landscape · People

A woman fortune teller counselling her client while others are waiting in their queue, Bugis, Singapore

Maria Vincent Robinson2 Comments

Bugis
A woman fortune teller counselling her client while others are waiting in their queue, Singapore, Bugis
People

A woman placing incense sticks in front of Sri Krishnan Temple, Waterloo Street, Bugis, Singapore

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A woman placing incense sticks in front of Sri Krishnan Temple, Waterloo Street, Bugis, Singapore
A woman placing incense sticks in front of Sri Krishnan Temple, Waterloo Street, Bugis, Singapore
People

An engraving craftist at work by the street side shop, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Maria Vincent Robinson2 Comments
An engraving craftist at work by the street side shop, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
An engraving craftist at work by the street side shop, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Landscape

A woman offering her prayers outside the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Bugis, Singapore

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A woman offering her prayers outside the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Bugis, Singapore
A woman offering her prayers outside the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Bugis, Singapore
Animal Wildlife · Flowers · Landscape · Still Life

A Common Birdwing (Troides helena cerberus) butterfly exploring for honey, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore

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A Common Birdwing (Troides helena cerberus) butterfly exploring for honey, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore
As the name indicates, the wing seems to be that of a bird.

A Common Birdwing (Troides helena cerberus) butterfly exploring for honey, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore
Landscape

Terraced farming fields on the hillside at Poombarai near Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India

Maria Vincent Robinson3 Comments
Terraced farming fields on the hillside at Poombarai near Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
These terraced fields reminded me the rice fields of Bali. Here, they are farming onions, potatoes and carrots.

Terraced farming fields on the hillside at Poombarai near Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
People

A woman street vendor selling hair wigs, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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A woman street vendor selling hair wigs, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
A woman street vendor selling hair wigs, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
People

A street vendor demonstrating his soap bubble kit, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India

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A street vendor demonstrating his soap bubble kit, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
A street vendor demonstrating his soap bubble kit, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
People

A woman walking her dog at Race Course Road, Farrer Park, Singapore

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A woman walking her dog at Race Course Road, Farrer Park, Singapore
Dog preferred to go off the track it seemed but she was tight on the lease.

A woman walking her dog at Race Course Road, Farrer Park, Singapore
Still Life

An illuminated and inflated Grey Heron artwork for the Night Festival at Fort Canning Park, Singapore

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An illuminated and inflated Grey Heron artwork for the Night Festival at Fort Canning Park, Singapore
It’s titled as Tobyato bird pitstop by the artist tobyato (Toby Tan) and I loved the shapes.

An illuminated and inflated Grey Heron artwork for the Night Festival at Fort Canning Park, Singapore