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In the recent past this Himalayan outpost has become a popular tourist destination for the majority local tourists, thanks to several movies shot in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109534459-64GVWTQWW3DC79LYXA1X/_MG_1837+1.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Tourists standing on the top of Leh palace. In the recent past this Himalayan outpost has become a popular tourist destination for the majority local tourists, thanks to several movies shot in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109828783-UZM0JRHCRMC2ZHBVNX3B/_MG_2071.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys A small village out in a barren land surrounded by hills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203599129-Z11T3FUNNXM9KXCKM0ZV/_MG_4874.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys A buddhist monastery complex on a hill overlooking the villages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109742813-1L40AUOYO5DCBWHFEZ4E/_MG_3493+1.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Narrow roads connect the various localities in the Ladakh region. This particular road leads to Nubra valley from Leh and will pass through the world’s highest motorable road at Khardung la. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588202950610-S31DRVF7TZT9V716BU0N/_MG_3533.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Nubra valley is formed by the surrounding Karakoram mountain ranges. This region was once a part of the ancient silk route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203320165-MH4PCSYAUX1H0CVL9NL1/_MG_4557+2.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Pangong lake is the world’s highest salt water lake and extends till bordering the Tibet and China. It is also the site at which the closing scenes of the famous Three idiots film was shot. Now its occasionally being called as Three idiots lake and the film was one of the most important drive of tourism to the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203395639-SJ51I22WUEFU4NCI1UHL/_MG_4829.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys The landscape on the other side of the Pangong lake contributes to the Indian border with China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109591960-7BX0HDMXFNH99KYEH66E/_MG_2764+1.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys As we move away towards Pakistan the demography of the regions changes rapidly. A group of ethnic muslims herding their cattle back home at dusk in a village near the Pakistan border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109947432-5DQN8DKTIESSD08WNQVO/_MG_2738.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Lamayaru monastery, one of the prominent monastery complex in Ladakh surrounded by Himalayan landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203062745-2QWAYUQ8FA9XEABISLBR/_MG_4260+2.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys A novice monk doing morning prayers looking at the sun. They follow the traditions of Mahayana buddhism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203095305-AIUA5F1SDD1XLMDHYNUH/_MG_4121+2.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Mandala is a spiritual representation of the universe. Performing a mandala art is not a common occurrence, but a fascinating sight if one is lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Few monks creating mandala in Thiksey monastery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203499890-LYTNNEVO19R3K2ITI743/_MG_4941.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Ethnic Tibetans contribute significantly to the population. They consider His holiness Dalai Lama as their spiritual leader, who is now in exile from Tibet after the Chinese invasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588202716424-LRX541BO6HKIH8XB71W3/_MG_2831.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys I see generosity, contentment, and kindness as few of the pillars the Ladakhian community is formed on. This woman called a passerby to give a handful of fresh pears from her backyard. Inevitably I was the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588202779434-TC8OO4V5JDIN8CDLVLOA/_MG_2913.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Old age is a common term in the region. Elders contribute significantly to the upkeeping of the family and mostly self dependant. An elderly women making almond oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109827187-SJFRP820IHSOG1XHEIEV/_MG_4693+2+1.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Pashmina wool is one of the major income source for many of the nomadic herding communities. A group of herders tying the pashmina goats together at dusk as few start to milk the animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203776884-HS7CCMBDYO0UR5H5HVHF/_MG_5105.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Markets in the capital city of Leh receive produce from all over the region and far away from other parts of India. A dried fruit seller in Leh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203396670-2KRDSZ1KJEJCZ530ZFJ6/_MG_4800.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys A farmer guiding the horses over the piles of straw after the harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203268250-1VDYTNB22H1QV4WNZSJB/_MG_4499+2.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Landscapes are abundant and is one of the main reason for the majority of the tourist influx. It in-turn brings unwanted interference as well. These Himalayan marmots are now used to the apples being offered by the tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203612117-A3GQ9OTKRAJOA4NCC5X5/_MG_5047.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys With the tourism booming the local council has organised several events around the year. Group of women making traditional food at such an event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203676410-BB8Z0A6WV1KUDPX4U3XJ/_MG_5068.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys A group of men participating in an archery competition in Leh during a local festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203773393-8XGPT7FN010U32O7YJYB/_MG_5139.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys An annual polo game being played at the capital city of Leh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588202855240-NPV5RQE0KY48BERDE2U6/_MG_3277.jpg Ladakh- Hills and Valleys Students are spending a quality study time under the sun and shade in a remote village school. Even in the very remote villages education is seen as a priority for the children. https://www.bhagisiva.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2020-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589023420358-J4AL9ZKN0ZI6HUR62H9D/A+father+and+his+child+inside+a+passenger+boat+which+runs+between+the+pungudutivu+and+Nainativu+ports+in+Jaffna-Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A father and his child inside a passenger boat which runs between the pungudutivu and Nainativu ports in Jaffna-Sri Lanka.Daily hundreds of people travel between these islands to reach the famous Nagapooshani Amman Temple, and Naagavihara in Nainativu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589023420358-J4AL9ZKN0ZI6HUR62H9D/A+father+and+his+child+inside+a+passenger+boat+which+runs+between+the+pungudutivu+and+Nainativu+ports+in+Jaffna-Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A father and his child inside a passenger boat which runs between the pungudutivu and Nainativu ports in Jaffna-Sri Lanka.Daily hundreds of people travel between these islands to reach the famous Nagapooshani Amman Temple, and Naagavihara in Nainativu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589023582860-RWYMSC06CIS9MA0MWLP2/village%2Csrilanka%2Cscenery%2Cboat%2Coruwa%2Coruva%2Ctransport%2Criver+boat.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589023436354-94CWKVX0PWEPXAENXJVP/A+fisherman+walking+at+a+beach+through+a+small+sand+storm+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A fisherman walking at a beach through a small sand storm - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589023843029-M3XWUVD1721XZCKNPJAF/A+father+and+his+child+inside+a+passenger+boat+which+runs+between+the+pungudutivu+and+Nainativu+ports+in+Jaffna-Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A father and his child inside a passenger boat which runs between the pungudutivu and Nainativu ports in Jaffna-Sri Lanka.Daily hundreds of people travel between these islands to reach the famous Nagapooshani Amman Temple, and Naagavihara in Nainativu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589023819686-4ZI1WJGAI07HSSYTNBGH/A+jackfruit+seller+in+a+busy+market+in+Jaffna+peninsula+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A jackfruit seller in a busy market in Jaffna peninsula - Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589023987476-QBA6C3GJ0QGOZGQ7YVMA/A+fisherman+walking+at+a+beach+through+a+small+sand+storm+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A fisherman walking at a beach through a small sand storm - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589023913745-8ZRRPR8Q22PEG8RUBHKW/A+kooththu+performer+dressed+as+a+king+is+showing+an+aggresive+stance.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A kooththu performer dressed as a king is showing an aggresive stance.The trainer (kooththu master) usually stands at the center along with his team.They sing together, cheer-up the performers and even help the actors when the usual make-up faults happen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589024282030-EN3KD4Y45CL4RDPS1JTK/A+jackfruit+seller+in+a+busy+market+in+Jaffna+peninsula+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A jackfruit seller in a busy market in Jaffna peninsula - Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589024100612-FZM3PDV09KGUJILNPW0L/A+lonely+passenger+inside+the+famous+Yaldevi+train+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A lonely passenger inside the famous Yaldevi train in Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025512081-TYBXVRVWHMHBCKQGJ9NH/Audience+around+a+kooththu+theatre.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka Kooththu performances gather a significant amount of people from the villages.Usually an open space of a bare land is selected, preferably near a Hindu temple.This is then converted into a kooththu theatre surrounding which the audience will sit and watch the performances for 3 to 5 hours.This time duration is considered one of the reason ,the kooththu became unpopular in this fast-paced world.It is usual to see few people asleep on the bare ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025605449-S8VB6JBZOXQ13PLV8QQA/Betel+nut+and+leaf+seller+in+kilinochchi+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Villages - Sri Lanka After decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, the lifes of people in the war affected areas are slowly returning back to the routine.This man, a betel nut and leaf seller, put up his own shop in a small market and mostly seen busy with cutting the nuts into pieces, which he will later sell along with few betel leafs in a pack called "kooru". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589024486639-C6AVL9EUTQVWRZT7DF6X/A+kooththu+performer+dressed+as+a+king+is+showing+an+aggresive+stance.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A kooththu performer dressed as a king is showing an aggresive stance.The trainer (kooththu master) usually stands at the center along with his team.They sing together, cheer-up the performers and even help the actors when the usual make-up faults happen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025599534-50TLHQ0GQCJO8R2MKC5P/Boats+leaving+the+shore+for+fishing+in+Batticaloa+sea+during+dusk.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka - Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dus Fishing Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dusk.They will return next day with a big catch - Batticaloa , Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025852701-7ANOYRYBTHR5MECJATNV/blacksmith+in+batticaloa.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589024378805-77ID60TK3JJDKQFRIFP2/A+villager+carries+a+fire+torch+into+the+darkness.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka - A villager carries a fire torch into the darkness The village now gets the electricity even though the narrow muddy roads are usually soaked in darkness.The tradition still continues, where many villagers used to carry fire torches or electronic torches during the night times.It is more economical for them as most of them are generally poor farmers.Mobile phones would not work inside the village, except few CDMA phones.Only few families got the luxary to have them at their houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589024555995-L8TA42XCURKVXUXRIUQ6/A+lonely+passenger+inside+the+famous+Yaldevi+train+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka A lonely passenger inside the famous Yaldevi train in Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589024718664-P0LG1U38J3BHCPLA2FJT/An+old+man+reading+a+newspaper+sitting+near+the+posters+related+to+communism%2C+pasted+on+the+wall+of+a+ruined+house+in+Jaffna+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka An old man reading a newspaper sitting near the posters related to communism, pasted on the wall of a ruined house in Jaffna - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589024941225-1POIYXDQF34T2BED30BR/A+villager+carries+a+fire+torch+into+the+darkness.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka - A villager carries a fire torch into the darkness The village now gets the electricity even though the narrow muddy roads are usually soaked in darkness.The tradition still continues, where many villagers used to carry fire torches or electronic torches during the night times.It is more economical for them as most of them are generally poor farmers.Mobile phones would not work inside the village, except few CDMA phones.Only few families got the luxary to have them at their houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589024934232-BHUO6GBS745U97ATBTLO/Audience+around+a+kooththu+theatre.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka Kooththu performances gather a significant amount of people from the villages.Usually an open space of a bare land is selected, preferably near a Hindu temple.This is then converted into a kooththu theatre surrounding which the audience will sit and watch the performances for 3 to 5 hours.This time duration is considered one of the reason ,the kooththu became unpopular in this fast-paced world.It is usual to see few people asleep on the bare ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025178443-0EWT84TZ0MZZVNYSW3H5/An+old+man+reading+a+newspaper+sitting+near+the+posters+related+to+communism%2C+pasted+on+the+wall+of+a+ruined+house+in+Jaffna+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka An old man reading a newspaper sitting near the posters related to communism, pasted on the wall of a ruined house in Jaffna - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025140355-R0C62I9ZD7AB68KWPHJW/Betel+nut+and+leaf+seller+in+kilinochchi+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Villages - Sri Lanka After decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, the lifes of people in the war affected areas are slowly returning back to the routine.This man, a betel nut and leaf seller, put up his own shop in a small market and mostly seen busy with cutting the nuts into pieces, which he will later sell along with few betel leafs in a pack called "kooru". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025257052-69582LVQFZ8ICMEOQPH4/blacksmith+in+batticaloa.jpg Villages - Sri Lanka https://www.bhagisiva.com/autumn-colors daily 0.75 2020-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025878877-6G5N2H65XLT7AMKUISVK/_DSF4404.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025878877-6G5N2H65XLT7AMKUISVK/_DSF4404.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025929595-EIMQE91A9Y96ZJBJVS5O/_DSF4451.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025881594-VZ62ANOGO852NO9RJH3M/_DSF4412.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025705783-SU2FZX5XND5Y8W0ZSOYV/_DSF4245.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025679206-6MVMB5S72Y5FOS8CJRMR/_DSF4084.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025761010-YGOLMJRFA3IVTQ6EEH3E/_DSF4259.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025679843-DGTYY9V70OI718KZ03D1/_DSF4237.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025762699-UPIEZ8PQJGR7X5AFL3YQ/_DSF4282.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025817019-Z498Y2J0NO2Q44NO96B9/_DSF4396.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025955086-4QALD6L3J75MKQ2IAB38/_DSF4493.jpg Autumn Colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589025906038-4G5MFC3Q5R9QL28XYPI9/_DSF4455.jpg Autumn Colors https://www.bhagisiva.com/villages daily 0.75 2020-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026320901-53VKNNHN139CGYSBD2DJ/village%2Csrilanka%2Cscenery%2Cboat%2Coruwa%2Coruva%2Ctransport%2Criver+boat.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026320901-53VKNNHN139CGYSBD2DJ/village%2Csrilanka%2Cscenery%2Cboat%2Coruwa%2Coruva%2Ctransport%2Criver+boat.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026171986-X56MIY6VOB98G104Y4RW/Human+and+earth+interactions.jpg Villages - A man having a bath in a river in Sri Lanka - South East Asia. The water around the man appeared as a dress.Soon he will reach the land.Its a common belief that the life formed in the water millions of years back and reached the land.For a fraction of a second the scene actually brought me to that point when the history of this earth was written. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026135283-8YWJHIBAGGAF5A6RT0X1/Bustling+market+scene+in+Jaffna.jpg Villages The hat, the plastic bag, bargaining customers, stubborn sellers, farmers with products in old urea bags, agents hunting out the best prices and the endless voices of sellers calling you to buy their vegetables, a tightly packed bustling authentic market in Jaffna - Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026312281-CM9KOW7S42ENNNQ2QUWH/Villagers+playing+a+board+game+in+asia.jpg Villages - Playing board game in Asian villages Villagers Playing dam, a popular board game in a rural grocery shop in Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026186378-AZQ3DGJJDJFVF0IO05IN/IMG_0183-Edit-Edit-Edit+%282%29.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026093967-LIVEPUAM0PQ16BG03T8F/A+villager+carries+a+fire+torch+into+the+darkness.jpg Villages - A villager carries a fire torch into the darkness The village now gets the electricity even though the narrow muddy roads are usually soaked in darkness.The tradition still continues, where many villagers used to carry fire torches or electronic torches during the night times.It is more economical for them as most of them are generally poor farmers.Mobile phones would not work inside the village, except few CDMA phones.Only few families got the luxary to have them at their houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026089587-1Y3JX09NYOJID0W4OKOO/A+jackfruit+seller+in+a+busy+market+in+Jaffna+peninsula+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Villages A jackfruit seller in a busy market in Jaffna peninsula - Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026105838-ZLOGBSB2MO4YSKAJ90JC/An+old+man+reading+a+newspaper+sitting+near+the+posters+related+to+communism%2C+pasted+on+the+wall+of+a+ruined+house+in+Jaffna+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages An old man reading a newspaper sitting near the posters related to communism, pasted on the wall of a ruined house in Jaffna - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026080993-UIWZET30R4W6WNZ36DM3/A+fisherman+walking+at+a+beach+through+a+small+sand+storm+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages A fisherman walking at a beach through a small sand storm - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026080421-YF55SX9V9YBL6VHS57MW/A+father+and+his+child+inside+a+passenger+boat+which+runs+between+the+pungudutivu+and+Nainativu+ports+in+Jaffna-Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages A father and his child inside a passenger boat which runs between the pungudutivu and Nainativu ports in Jaffna-Sri Lanka.Daily hundreds of people travel between these islands to reach the famous Nagapooshani Amman Temple, and Naagavihara in Nainativu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026319696-7MP9SL9A72G4LTXVCNQX/worshippers+doing+spiritual+rituals+to+hindu+gods.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026141595-5LT3UOS16VWA8PPKH2XF/Buddhsit+children+eating+lunch+together+at+a+Buddhist+monastry+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - Buddhsit children eating lunch together at a Buddhist monastry i Few children at a Sunday Buddhism teaching school in a rural Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka having their lunch together under the shadows of a tree on a bright sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026114067-G6KHHC8A3RKW7T5LVVZN/Betel+nut+and+leaf+seller+in+kilinochchi+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Villages After decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, the lifes of people in the war affected areas are slowly returning back to the routine.This man, a betel nut and leaf seller, put up his own shop in a small market and mostly seen busy with cutting the nuts into pieces, which he will later sell along with few betel leafs in a pack called "kooru". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026122545-90J0A26N461269FK2XXS/Farmers+are+seeding+grains+in+the+farmlands+in+Anuradhapura+-+Sri+Lanka%2C+South+East+Asia.jpg Villages - Farmers are seeding grains in the farmlands in Anuradhapura - Sr Farmers are seeding grains in the farmlands in Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka, South East Asia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026130425-XOVFK8ZC356J1EPBFIWU/Cinnamon+Trader+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages - A cinnamon Trader peeling the raw material from a cinnamon tree. A cinnamon Trader peeling the raw material from a cinnamon tree.It will be then dried for days to produce fine cinnoman sticks - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026102737-HKNGAYGJDROGS0VI6F91/Audience+around+a+kooththu+theatre.jpg Villages Kooththu performances gather a significant amount of people from the villages.Usually an open space of a bare land is selected, preferably near a Hindu temple.This is then converted into a kooththu theatre surrounding which the audience will sit and watch the performances for 3 to 5 hours.This time duration is considered one of the reason ,the kooththu became unpopular in this fast-paced world.It is usual to see few people asleep on the bare ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026144578-FRBYAYDQBAQFUZDFDX1Y/Boats+leaving+the+shore+for+fishing+in+Batticaloa+sea+during+dusk.jpg Villages - Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dus Fishing Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dusk.They will return next day with a big catch - Batticaloa , Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026170379-SNPKRYS7IQ55ZIGQT138/Hindu+Worshiper.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026158078-N8SK27AO7BFMRA4KL9XO/Few+women+carrying+firewoods+on+their+heads+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages Few women carrying firewoods on their heads.A common village scene in most parts of Asia specially in Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026160322-5DV2KLS82XQZ77UKAY1E/Group+of+school+children+standing+at+the+edge+of+top+most+part+of+Sigiriya+Rock+Fortress+with+the+beautiful+landscape+in+the+background+at+dusk-+a+Unesco+World+Heritage+site+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages Group of school children standing at the edge of top most part of Sigiriya Rock Fortress with the beautiful landscape in the background at dusk- a Unesco World Heritage site in Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026150056-B0G1D9IQJOJHMB0C0V18/blacksmith+in+batticaloa.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026180271-C29DNEEG33949Q454561/IMG_3281.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026188824-EZL57E6L2KVAADCS90R2/IMG_3532-Edit.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026195977-N187FYIV7AEO2KYQ6C83/IMG_4624.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026304318-8YH86ESG2ALRR4OS8X64/Silhouette+of+a+man+riding+bicycle+with+a+cigarette+in+one+hand+at+sunset+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages Silhouette of a man riding bicycle with a cigarette in one hand at sunset - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026307781-9HV1NDTBO1DRB2N9B1T2/Temple+ritual+Batticaloa.jpg Villages Across various religions that are being practiced in Sri Lanka rituals have a major role in keeping the systems intact and help in their existence.The way of approaching a particular religion, have differences according to the geographical boundaries.Major differences lie in the way rituals are performed across the country."Saamiyaattam" - Holy Dance - is very common in Batticaloa District, Eastern Sri Lanka- compare to the Northern Sri Lanka.These are specially performed at the small temples for rural Hindu deities.Few selected men will dress and behave as they have the power of god within them and during the performance of various gestures, the devotees believe that telling their problem to this men can be taken as telling them straight to the god.Here a young man during an annual festival of a rural temple, dressed and behaves as 'Lord Hanuman'-The Monkey God.He will usually seen climbing on a tree, sitting at the top shouting and giving expressions of a monkey, throwing bananas to the devotees below.The one who catches the fruits is considered as received blessing from the god and so many people will wait for it to happen to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026202572-LSPZNIDDV5UB1ZP2KR0R/IMG_7630-Edit-1-3.jpg Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026094264-WMR2TDVFM2D2P8PGTZ1P/A+lonely+passenger+inside+the+famous+Yaldevi+train+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Villages A lonely passenger inside the famous Yaldevi train in Sri Lanka https://www.bhagisiva.com/vaelvi-a-hindu-ritual daily 0.75 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360175065-MQ5CJOKI76ZO0AEW2IV2/IMG_5608.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Villagers are waiting with the offerings for the small party of temple bullock carts which started the journey last night from another temple some 60km away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360175065-MQ5CJOKI76ZO0AEW2IV2/IMG_5608.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Villagers are waiting with the offerings for the small party of temple bullock carts which started the journey last night from another temple some 60km away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360181111-TUXBX2G2WOR1C8C9BRWV/IMG_5729.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual 'Thookku Kaavadi' is one of the most extreme level of the hindu worship. Usually this is part of the wish for better luck and blessing from the higher power. Multiple hooks pierce through the skin and the devotees hang from a larger platform which is then moved up and down, often aggresively during the latter stages. The platform is mobilised with the help of a tractor for long distance towards the temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360241621-T6OUCWFVJIYI5A4555RT/IMG_5864.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Thousands of coconuts which were offered to the god were being splitted into half at the back of the temple. These will then be offered back to the devotees, while some endup as coconut chips to the kids hanging around here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360296019-LR3H3NBPFX3WSLSQ5SIR/IMG_6009.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360372215-Q53QGQZQ6Q9X1OUX1NDN/IMG_6195.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual The roosters that were sold at an auction. Their fate remains unknown, and often unpredictable anyways when the contest is furious between the tastebuds and faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360400571-5BJH9JMJMY54R98UT8X4/IMG_6273.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual The birds collected as offerings during the journey are being sold at an auction near a village market en-route to the temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360347730-7MD88DXRZ5QG99N54KVW/IMG_6141.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual At certain locations the temple party and the followers are being greeted by servings of hot lunch consisting rice and curries on banana leaves. These free meals are some of the most important part of majority of the hindu festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360329727-RV7F7GNEY1MGEX440WQA/IMG_6088.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Meanwhile at the main temple free meals are being prepared to an extent that will feed hundreds if not thousands of devotees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360234883-QGWMZYMOE52SDJ6UVQMN/IMG_5834.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Often the rituals end up unexpectedly. Here a devotee just fainted while hanging on hooks. I once saw a man rushed into an emergency department where I worked as a medical officer with multiple fractures in all four of his limbs afte a fall from a similar structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360275032-ALYGT4GL5ISIB147UUEY/IMG_5946.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360424045-50I9IWKRFCX21LJD1IOK/IMG_6501.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Meanwhile the temple party is traveling through rough terrain , dried up rivers, and uninhabited lands which were once the prime war zones during the decades long civil war in the region. After a day long journey the carts will finally reach the temple roughbly around the night fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360443467-0B5EMB7LFWCRKLRACMSX/IMG_6518.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Villagers arriving to the temple in trailers connected to the tractors. This is a well established and cost effective method to transport large number of people in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360474749-UJKRGMF34I8MSJQCXSEM/IMG_6566.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual With the passing time the temple premises becoming more chaotic with heaps of devotees getting concentrated in one small place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360493154-INASDT876U2FVG3ZJ7NE/IMG_6643.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual As the night falls the rituals turn to their peak intensity. A pretty confusing visual and auditory treat for the onlookers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360521606-JK8LDO031TA7DCNB9GJ5/IMG_6719.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual A child was given to the men hanging on the hooks. Hopefully with the trust on the energy of the tired man the child will pendulate for several cycles which equates to him being actually performed the ritual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360555698-D6O27JQFW4NE25IG8T6G/IMG_6883.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual It is believed that at an auspicious time during the festival the cobra finally arrives at the holy tree inside the temple. While there were numerous accounts to claim that it actually happens often closer to midnight, sometimes it is not just the case in certain years. However majority of the people strongly believe that the cobra is still living in the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360573016-83L6R8UIJRM8F45TALLT/IMG_6965.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Devotees keeping the offerings around a tree where the holy cobra lives and prey for a best future, and the answers for the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360619538-7VEOVMT1CW1MFZ3OJRDG/IMG_7004.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual By around 9pm the rituals are still continuing and will do so for many hours to come. It was a test of the human endurance towards higher faiths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360598858-I90OTZBOKOM5JCJC6NX4/IMG_7000.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual A young Kavadi dancer at the festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360632623-NDIHAOUHG0OINVDXO460/IMG_7020.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Significant numbers of these people have lost their family members and relatives to the brutal civil war that lasted around three decades. Many of the members were actually unaccounted or last seen alive and many of the remaining family members still being hopeful that the missing persons will return home one day. In January 2020, roughbly eleven years after the war has ended, the president of Sri Lanka declared that the missing people are actually dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360642737-MGVK5SWKVZWA47291ROS/IMG_7022.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Fire plays an important role in Hindu worships. 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In the recent past this Himalayan outpost has become a popular tourist destination for the majority local tourists, thanks to several movies shot in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109828783-UZM0JRHCRMC2ZHBVNX3B/_MG_2071.jpg Ladakh- An overview A small village out in a barren land surrounded by hills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203599129-Z11T3FUNNXM9KXCKM0ZV/_MG_4874.jpg Ladakh- An overview A buddhist monastery complex on a hill overlooking the villages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109742813-1L40AUOYO5DCBWHFEZ4E/_MG_3493+1.jpg Ladakh- An overview Narrow roads connect the various localities in the Ladakh region. This particular road leads to Nubra valley from Leh and will pass through the world’s highest motorable road at Khardung la. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588202950610-S31DRVF7TZT9V716BU0N/_MG_3533.jpg Ladakh- An overview Nubra valley is formed by the surrounding Karakoram mountain ranges. This region was once a part of the ancient silk route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203320165-MH4PCSYAUX1H0CVL9NL1/_MG_4557+2.jpg Ladakh- An overview Pangong lake is the world’s highest salt water lake and extends till bordering the Tibet and China. It is also the site at which the closing scenes of the famous Three idiots film was shot. Now its occasionally being called as Three idiots lake and the film was one of the most important drive of tourism to the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203395639-SJ51I22WUEFU4NCI1UHL/_MG_4829.jpg Ladakh- An overview The landscape on the other side of the Pangong lake contributes to the Indian border with China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109591960-7BX0HDMXFNH99KYEH66E/_MG_2764+1.jpg Ladakh- An overview As we move away towards Pakistan the demography of the regions changes rapidly. A group of ethnic muslims herding their cattle back home at dusk in a village near the Pakistan border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109947432-5DQN8DKTIESSD08WNQVO/_MG_2738.jpg Ladakh- An overview Lamayaru monastery, one of the prominent monastery complex in Ladakh surrounded by Himalayan landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203062745-2QWAYUQ8FA9XEABISLBR/_MG_4260+2.jpg Ladakh- An overview A novice monk doing morning prayers looking at the sun. They follow the traditions of Mahayana buddhism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203095305-AIUA5F1SDD1XLMDHYNUH/_MG_4121+2.jpg Ladakh- An overview Mandala is a spiritual representation of the universe. Performing a mandala art is not a common occurrence, but a fascinating sight if one is lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Few monks creating mandala in Thiksey monastery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203499890-LYTNNEVO19R3K2ITI743/_MG_4941.jpg Ladakh- An overview Ethnic Tibetans contribute significantly to the population. They consider His holiness Dalai Lama as their spiritual leader, who is now in exile from Tibet after the Chinese invasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588202716424-LRX541BO6HKIH8XB71W3/_MG_2831.jpg Ladakh- An overview I see generosity, contentment, and kindness as few of the pillars the Ladakhian community is formed on. This woman called a passerby to give a handful of fresh pears from her backyard. Inevitably I was the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588202779434-TC8OO4V5JDIN8CDLVLOA/_MG_2913.jpg Ladakh- An overview Old age is a common term in the region. Elders contribute significantly to the upkeeping of the family and mostly self dependant. An elderly women making almond oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588109827187-SJFRP820IHSOG1XHEIEV/_MG_4693+2+1.jpg Ladakh- An overview Pashmina wool is one of the major income source for many of the nomadic herding communities. A group of herders tying the pashmina goats together at dusk as few start to milk the animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203776884-HS7CCMBDYO0UR5H5HVHF/_MG_5105.jpg Ladakh- An overview Markets in the capital city of Leh receive produce from all over the region and far away from other parts of India. A dried fruit seller in Leh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203396670-2KRDSZ1KJEJCZ530ZFJ6/_MG_4800.jpg Ladakh- An overview A farmer guiding the horses over the piles of straw after the harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203268250-1VDYTNB22H1QV4WNZSJB/_MG_4499+2.jpg Ladakh- An overview Landscapes are abundant and is one of the main reason for the majority of the tourist influx. It in-turn brings unwanted interference as well. These Himalayan marmots are now used to the apples being offered by the tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203612117-A3GQ9OTKRAJOA4NCC5X5/_MG_5047.jpg Ladakh- An overview With the tourism booming the local council has organised several events around the year. Group of women making traditional food at such an event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203676410-BB8Z0A6WV1KUDPX4U3XJ/_MG_5068.jpg Ladakh- An overview A group of men participating in an archery competition in Leh during a local festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588203773393-8XGPT7FN010U32O7YJYB/_MG_5139.jpg Ladakh- An overview An annual polo game being played at the capital city of Leh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1588202855240-NPV5RQE0KY48BERDE2U6/_MG_3277.jpg Ladakh- An overview Students are spending a quality study time under the sun and shade in a remote village school. Even in the very remote villages education is seen as a priority for the children. https://www.bhagisiva.com/trial daily 0.75 2020-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026320901-53VKNNHN139CGYSBD2DJ/village%2Csrilanka%2Cscenery%2Cboat%2Coruwa%2Coruva%2Ctransport%2Criver+boat.jpg Trial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026171986-X56MIY6VOB98G104Y4RW/Human+and+earth+interactions.jpg Trial - A man having a bath in a river in Sri Lanka - South East Asia. The water around the man appeared as a dress.Soon he will reach the land.Its a common belief that the life formed in the water millions of years back and reached the land.For a fraction of a second the scene actually brought me to that point when the history of this earth was written. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026135283-8YWJHIBAGGAF5A6RT0X1/Bustling+market+scene+in+Jaffna.jpg Trial The hat, the plastic bag, bargaining customers, stubborn sellers, farmers with products in old urea bags, agents hunting out the best prices and the endless voices of sellers calling you to buy their vegetables, a tightly packed bustling authentic market in Jaffna - Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026312281-CM9KOW7S42ENNNQ2QUWH/Villagers+playing+a+board+game+in+asia.jpg Trial - Playing board game in Asian villages Villagers Playing dam, a popular board game in a rural grocery shop in Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026186378-AZQ3DGJJDJFVF0IO05IN/IMG_0183-Edit-Edit-Edit+%282%29.jpg Trial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026093967-LIVEPUAM0PQ16BG03T8F/A+villager+carries+a+fire+torch+into+the+darkness.jpg Trial - A villager carries a fire torch into the darkness The village now gets the electricity even though the narrow muddy roads are usually soaked in darkness.The tradition still continues, where many villagers used to carry fire torches or electronic torches during the night times.It is more economical for them as most of them are generally poor farmers.Mobile phones would not work inside the village, except few CDMA phones.Only few families got the luxary to have them at their houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026089587-1Y3JX09NYOJID0W4OKOO/A+jackfruit+seller+in+a+busy+market+in+Jaffna+peninsula+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Trial A jackfruit seller in a busy market in Jaffna peninsula - Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026105838-ZLOGBSB2MO4YSKAJ90JC/An+old+man+reading+a+newspaper+sitting+near+the+posters+related+to+communism%2C+pasted+on+the+wall+of+a+ruined+house+in+Jaffna+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Trial An old man reading a newspaper sitting near the posters related to communism, pasted on the wall of a ruined house in Jaffna - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026080993-UIWZET30R4W6WNZ36DM3/A+fisherman+walking+at+a+beach+through+a+small+sand+storm+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Trial A fisherman walking at a beach through a small sand storm - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026080421-YF55SX9V9YBL6VHS57MW/A+father+and+his+child+inside+a+passenger+boat+which+runs+between+the+pungudutivu+and+Nainativu+ports+in+Jaffna-Sri+Lanka.jpg Trial A father and his child inside a passenger boat which runs between the pungudutivu and Nainativu ports in Jaffna-Sri Lanka.Daily hundreds of people travel between these islands to reach the famous Nagapooshani Amman Temple, and Naagavihara in Nainativu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026319696-7MP9SL9A72G4LTXVCNQX/worshippers+doing+spiritual+rituals+to+hindu+gods.jpg Trial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026141595-5LT3UOS16VWA8PPKH2XF/Buddhsit+children+eating+lunch+together+at+a+Buddhist+monastry+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Trial - Buddhsit children eating lunch together at a Buddhist monastry i Few children at a Sunday Buddhism teaching school in a rural Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka having their lunch together under the shadows of a tree on a bright sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026114067-G6KHHC8A3RKW7T5LVVZN/Betel+nut+and+leaf+seller+in+kilinochchi+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Trial After decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, the lifes of people in the war affected areas are slowly returning back to the routine.This man, a betel nut and leaf seller, put up his own shop in a small market and mostly seen busy with cutting the nuts into pieces, which he will later sell along with few betel leafs in a pack called "kooru". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026122545-90J0A26N461269FK2XXS/Farmers+are+seeding+grains+in+the+farmlands+in+Anuradhapura+-+Sri+Lanka%2C+South+East+Asia.jpg Trial - Farmers are seeding grains in the farmlands in Anuradhapura - Sr Farmers are seeding grains in the farmlands in Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka, South East Asia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026130425-XOVFK8ZC356J1EPBFIWU/Cinnamon+Trader+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Trial - A cinnamon Trader peeling the raw material from a cinnamon tree. A cinnamon Trader peeling the raw material from a cinnamon tree.It will be then dried for days to produce fine cinnoman sticks - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026102737-HKNGAYGJDROGS0VI6F91/Audience+around+a+kooththu+theatre.jpg Trial Kooththu performances gather a significant amount of people from the villages.Usually an open space of a bare land is selected, preferably near a Hindu temple.This is then converted into a kooththu theatre surrounding which the audience will sit and watch the performances for 3 to 5 hours.This time duration is considered one of the reason ,the kooththu became unpopular in this fast-paced world.It is usual to see few people asleep on the bare ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026144578-FRBYAYDQBAQFUZDFDX1Y/Boats+leaving+the+shore+for+fishing+in+Batticaloa+sea+during+dusk.jpg Trial - Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dus Fishing Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dusk.They will return next day with a big catch - Batticaloa , Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026170379-SNPKRYS7IQ55ZIGQT138/Hindu+Worshiper.jpg Trial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026158078-N8SK27AO7BFMRA4KL9XO/Few+women+carrying+firewoods+on+their+heads+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Trial Few women carrying firewoods on their heads.A common village scene in most parts of Asia specially in Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026160322-5DV2KLS82XQZ77UKAY1E/Group+of+school+children+standing+at+the+edge+of+top+most+part+of+Sigiriya+Rock+Fortress+with+the+beautiful+landscape+in+the+background+at+dusk-+a+Unesco+World+Heritage+site+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Trial Group of school children standing at the edge of top most part of Sigiriya Rock Fortress with the beautiful landscape in the background at dusk- 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various religions that are being practiced in Sri Lanka rituals have a major role in keeping the systems intact and help in their existence.The way of approaching a particular religion, have differences according to the geographical boundaries.Major differences lie in the way rituals are performed across the country."Saamiyaattam" - Holy Dance - is very common in Batticaloa District, Eastern Sri Lanka- compare to the Northern Sri Lanka.These are specially performed at the small temples for rural Hindu deities.Few selected men will dress and behave as they have the power of god within them and during the performance of various gestures, the devotees believe that telling their problem to this men can be taken as telling them straight to the god.Here a young man during an annual festival of a rural temple, dressed and behaves as 'Lord Hanuman'-The Monkey God.He will usually seen climbing on a tree, sitting at the top shouting and giving expressions of a monkey, throwing bananas to the devotees below.The one who catches the fruits is considered as received blessing from the god and so many people will wait for it to happen to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026202572-LSPZNIDDV5UB1ZP2KR0R/IMG_7630-Edit-1-3.jpg Trial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026094264-WMR2TDVFM2D2P8PGTZ1P/A+lonely+passenger+inside+the+famous+Yaldevi+train+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Trial A lonely passenger inside the famous Yaldevi train in Sri Lanka https://www.bhagisiva.com/home daily 0.75 2021-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1654516994955-T60ZZAYBHNXI78U0IUNS/_DSF8187.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587982715366-50VUK8Y1QW0ZE4TWUUNH/_DSF8891.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1654517022294-PO1769DYGZZQ58UI4IW8/Bhagi-Siva-jaffna-Sri%2BLanka-_DSF9005.jpg Home 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turmeric to a performer.Usually there are no dedicated artists for every individual preparation, a make-up artist sometimes becomes a Theyyam or can help with the other tasks specified to the Theyyam festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587983137449-YKXKYNTLP0RTRO2LQWXH/IMG_4058.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587984415402-K31655P0NT9ZTKEMIEUO/_DSF8685.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587982706656-AO2UY37DNRVGBPV1KGQ3/DSCF8720.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587983649340-V7IL3NCNZILAOHA1BR2C/IMG_9306.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587983410755-ZTMHXSYA1SFSK5J3362X/_MG_4231+2.jpg Home - Buddhist monks creating Mandala in thiksey monastery in Ladakh i Buddhist monks creating Mandala in thiksey monastery in Ladakh in India 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in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825176077-QL76QM0T8P9OQB1HQK6D/farmer+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A farmer walking through the paddyfield in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825095414-PB99TJG98QI6OMNUELZ6/a+large+houseboat+in+the+backwaters+of+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A large houseboat with larger number of rooms and facilities for conferences navigating through the backwaters in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825234455-M2F84M7VF0N4IJAUC057/worker+in+a+houseboat+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling Running a houseboat is like running a hotel, there are several people involved including cook, cleaners helping out the guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825078347-PFHRYKEZGC9UJSIT90LC/a+family+riding+boat+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A family was navigating the backwaters in a small wooden boat in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825252455-MZPRP20E1XP6ICC0DTLS/young+men+in+home+gym+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling Group of young men enjoying an exercise session at their backyard gym setup in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825236302-SWCALESUM2MC5Y8LST4Z/young+men+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A group of young men in their home gym in in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825112196-BZFS35TKUK4LBJAGIAYL/a+wooden+boat+in+the+backwaters+of+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A wooden boat in the backwaters of Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825111271-CC3EX7J0A8G1PX44T30F/a+snake+swimming+in+the+backwaters+of+kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A snake was trying to swim across the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825147507-ESJKICA6VA38NBWYQCQR/a+young+boy+swimming+in+the+backwaters+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling The backwater is used for most of the household activities, including bathing- in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825211727-UC77WGVAQWEY0RNUTXM1/passenger+boat+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling Two men were having some friendly talks in a passenger boat in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825130750-62NKDU98M23OPV8ZCEUQ/a+wooden+boat+rider+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A boatman riding his smaller tourist boat in the backwaters of Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825130487-ZRK8KUYKUBB7BCGIKYLH/a+wooden+boat+riding+through+the+small+water+channel+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A wooden boat was navigating through the much smaller waterways connecting the smaller villages in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825195242-9Y7WJQSCL0VF0KGPYKA3/man+drinking+toddy+in+a+local+toddy+shop+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A villager enjoying a bottle of fresh toddy at a local toddy shop in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825168720-KMEO3472CTOTQYKK2KQ2/children+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling A brother drawing henna mehndi on the feet of his sister in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590825097854-LO735MVKHKL6K5P1GM5C/a+passenger+boat+in+the+town+of+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling As one moves away from the villages towards the town the landscapes of the backwaters changes dramatically in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1590826159979-9Z7J6DOVDG4JBY6SB0LC/a+hindu+temple+festival+in+Alappuzha%2C+Kerala.jpg Backwaters calling Celebrations in a local hindu temple begins at night fall in Alappuzha, Kerala. https://www.bhagisiva.com/vaelvi-a-hindu-ritual-1 daily 0.75 2022-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360175065-MQ5CJOKI76ZO0AEW2IV2/IMG_5608.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Villagers are waiting with the offerings for the small party of temple bullock carts which started the journey last night from another temple some 60km away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360181111-TUXBX2G2WOR1C8C9BRWV/IMG_5729.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual 'Thookku Kaavadi' is one of the most extreme level of the hindu worship. Usually this is part of the wish for better luck and blessing from the higher power. Multiple hooks pierce through the skin and the devotees hang from a larger platform which is then moved up and down, often aggresively during the latter stages. The platform is mobilised with the help of a tractor for long distance towards the temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360241621-T6OUCWFVJIYI5A4555RT/IMG_5864.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Thousands of coconuts which were offered to the god were being splitted into half at the back of the temple. These will then be offered back to the devotees, while some endup as coconut chips to the kids hanging around here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360296019-LR3H3NBPFX3WSLSQ5SIR/IMG_6009.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360372215-Q53QGQZQ6Q9X1OUX1NDN/IMG_6195.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual The roosters that were sold at an auction. Their fate remains unknown, and often unpredictable anyways when the contest is furious between the tastebuds and faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360400571-5BJH9JMJMY54R98UT8X4/IMG_6273.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual The birds collected as offerings during the journey are being sold at an auction near a village market en-route to the temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360347730-7MD88DXRZ5QG99N54KVW/IMG_6141.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual At certain locations the temple party and the followers are being greeted by servings of hot lunch consisting rice and curries on banana leaves. These free meals are some of the most important part of majority of the hindu festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360329727-RV7F7GNEY1MGEX440WQA/IMG_6088.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Meanwhile at the main temple free meals are being prepared to an extent that will feed hundreds if not thousands of devotees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360234883-QGWMZYMOE52SDJ6UVQMN/IMG_5834.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Often the rituals end up unexpectedly. Here a devotee just fainted while hanging on hooks. I once saw a man rushed into an emergency department where I worked as a medical officer with multiple fractures in all four of his limbs afte a fall from a similar structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360275032-ALYGT4GL5ISIB147UUEY/IMG_5946.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360424045-50I9IWKRFCX21LJD1IOK/IMG_6501.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Meanwhile the temple party is traveling through rough terrain , dried up rivers, and uninhabited lands which were once the prime war zones during the decades long civil war in the region. After a day long journey the carts will finally reach the temple roughbly around the night fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360443467-0B5EMB7LFWCRKLRACMSX/IMG_6518.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Villagers arriving to the temple in trailers connected to the tractors. This is a well established and cost effective method to transport large number of people in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360474749-UJKRGMF34I8MSJQCXSEM/IMG_6566.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual With the passing time the temple premises becoming more chaotic with heaps of devotees getting concentrated in one small place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360493154-INASDT876U2FVG3ZJ7NE/IMG_6643.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual As the night falls the rituals turn to their peak intensity. A pretty confusing visual and auditory treat for the onlookers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360521606-JK8LDO031TA7DCNB9GJ5/IMG_6719.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual A child was given to the men hanging on the hooks. Hopefully with the trust on the energy of the tired man the child will pendulate for several cycles which equates to him being actually performed the ritual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360555698-D6O27JQFW4NE25IG8T6G/IMG_6883.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual It is believed that at an auspicious time during the festival the cobra finally arrives at the holy tree inside the temple. While there were numerous accounts to claim that it actually happens often closer to midnight, sometimes it is not just the case in certain years. However majority of the people strongly believe that the cobra is still living in the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360573016-83L6R8UIJRM8F45TALLT/IMG_6965.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Devotees keeping the offerings around a tree where the holy cobra lives and prey for a best future, and the answers for the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360619538-7VEOVMT1CW1MFZ3OJRDG/IMG_7004.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual By around 9pm the rituals are still continuing and will do so for many hours to come. It was a test of the human endurance towards higher faiths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360598858-I90OTZBOKOM5JCJC6NX4/IMG_7000.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual A young Kavadi dancer at the festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360632623-NDIHAOUHG0OINVDXO460/IMG_7020.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Significant numbers of these people have lost their family members and relatives to the brutal civil war that lasted around three decades. Many of the members were actually unaccounted or last seen alive and many of the remaining family members still being hopeful that the missing persons will return home one day. In January 2020, roughbly eleven years after the war has ended, the president of Sri Lanka declared that the missing people are actually dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591360642737-MGVK5SWKVZWA47291ROS/IMG_7022.jpg Vaelvi - A Hindu Ritual Fire plays an important role in Hindu worships. It resembles energy and people continued to put camphor so the fire will continue, thus the collective energy. https://www.bhagisiva.com/a-night-at-mu-cang-chai-village daily 0.75 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589018545313-HU3C1MW4CEPZ3RI94WQA/DSCF8667.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587187732772-BN9VR4C4F408KXD8XA1Z/DSCF8665+copy.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589018540239-L4Y3SU0LDD7SPKDWATFS/DSCF8921.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587188919246-3Y9ZSEUM6WAVWAWYNK1M/_DSF8284.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587188295397-9FTQHQWUM0H0GV5WIKVW/_DSF8118.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587188458143-XAY4UUTRAOKVY9J1I0PW/DSCF8720.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589018486397-HYR86QZMG14J5R1H4RM2/_DSF8178.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589018548398-M2RP885OGQB12WSXOEB2/_DSF9441.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589018504571-C0CGDAXX91G98N73T292/_DSF8637.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587188976934-GW2PL9LDVL12KBPQ9LOQ/_DSF8817.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587188875796-JD6743YMY8P4J0BNP94G/_DSF8450.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589018511157-FDP5Q4XMDW4LCQ3GPK0B/_DSF8697.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589018513017-YXZOWJHMV0K42OPZ1AMF/_DSF8738.jpg A night at Mu cang chai village https://www.bhagisiva.com/rural-sri-lanka daily 0.75 2021-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026320901-53VKNNHN139CGYSBD2DJ/village%2Csrilanka%2Cscenery%2Cboat%2Coruwa%2Coruva%2Ctransport%2Criver+boat.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026171986-X56MIY6VOB98G104Y4RW/Human+and+earth+interactions.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages - A man having a bath in a river in Sri Lanka - South East Asia. The water around the man appeared as a dress.Soon he will reach the land.Its a common belief that the life formed in the water millions of years back and reached the land.For a fraction of a second the scene actually brought me to that point when the history of this earth was written. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026135283-8YWJHIBAGGAF5A6RT0X1/Bustling+market+scene+in+Jaffna.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages The hat, the plastic bag, bargaining customers, stubborn sellers, farmers with products in old urea bags, agents hunting out the best prices and the endless voices of sellers calling you to buy their vegetables, a tightly packed bustling authentic market in Jaffna - Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026312281-CM9KOW7S42ENNNQ2QUWH/Villagers+playing+a+board+game+in+asia.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages - Playing board game in Asian villages Villagers Playing dam, a popular board game in a rural grocery shop in Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026186378-AZQ3DGJJDJFVF0IO05IN/IMG_0183-Edit-Edit-Edit+%282%29.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026093967-LIVEPUAM0PQ16BG03T8F/A+villager+carries+a+fire+torch+into+the+darkness.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages - A villager carries a fire torch into the darkness The village now gets the electricity even though the narrow muddy roads are usually soaked in darkness.The tradition still continues, where many villagers used to carry fire torches or electronic torches during the night times.It is more economical for them as most of them are generally poor farmers.Mobile phones would not work inside the village, except few CDMA phones.Only few families got the luxary to have them at their houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026089587-1Y3JX09NYOJID0W4OKOO/A+jackfruit+seller+in+a+busy+market+in+Jaffna+peninsula+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages A jackfruit seller in a busy market in Jaffna peninsula - Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026105838-ZLOGBSB2MO4YSKAJ90JC/An+old+man+reading+a+newspaper+sitting+near+the+posters+related+to+communism%2C+pasted+on+the+wall+of+a+ruined+house+in+Jaffna+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages An old man reading a newspaper sitting near the posters related to communism, pasted on the wall of a ruined house in Jaffna - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026080993-UIWZET30R4W6WNZ36DM3/A+fisherman+walking+at+a+beach+through+a+small+sand+storm+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages A fisherman walking at a beach through a small sand storm - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026080421-YF55SX9V9YBL6VHS57MW/A+father+and+his+child+inside+a+passenger+boat+which+runs+between+the+pungudutivu+and+Nainativu+ports+in+Jaffna-Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages A father and his child inside a passenger boat which runs between the pungudutivu and Nainativu ports in Jaffna-Sri Lanka.Daily hundreds of people travel between these islands to reach the famous Nagapooshani Amman Temple, and Naagavihara in Nainativu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026319696-7MP9SL9A72G4LTXVCNQX/worshippers+doing+spiritual+rituals+to+hindu+gods.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026141595-5LT3UOS16VWA8PPKH2XF/Buddhsit+children+eating+lunch+together+at+a+Buddhist+monastry+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages - Buddhsit children eating lunch together at a Buddhist monastry i Few children at a Sunday Buddhism teaching school in a rural Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka having their lunch together under the shadows of a tree on a bright sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026114067-G6KHHC8A3RKW7T5LVVZN/Betel+nut+and+leaf+seller+in+kilinochchi+-+Sri+Lanka..jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages After decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, the lifes of people in the war affected areas are slowly returning back to the routine.This man, a betel nut and leaf seller, put up his own shop in a small market and mostly seen busy with cutting the nuts into pieces, which he will later sell along with few betel leafs in a pack called "kooru". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026122545-90J0A26N461269FK2XXS/Farmers+are+seeding+grains+in+the+farmlands+in+Anuradhapura+-+Sri+Lanka%2C+South+East+Asia.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages - Farmers are seeding grains in the farmlands in Anuradhapura - Sr Farmers are seeding grains in the farmlands in Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka, South East Asia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026130425-XOVFK8ZC356J1EPBFIWU/Cinnamon+Trader+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages - A cinnamon Trader peeling the raw material from a cinnamon tree. A cinnamon Trader peeling the raw material from a cinnamon tree.It will be then dried for days to produce fine cinnoman sticks - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026102737-HKNGAYGJDROGS0VI6F91/Audience+around+a+kooththu+theatre.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages Kooththu performances gather a significant amount of people from the villages.Usually an open space of a bare land is selected, preferably near a Hindu temple.This is then converted into a kooththu theatre surrounding which the audience will sit and watch the performances for 3 to 5 hours.This time duration is considered one of the reason ,the kooththu became unpopular in this fast-paced world.It is usual to see few people asleep on the bare ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026144578-FRBYAYDQBAQFUZDFDX1Y/Boats+leaving+the+shore+for+fishing+in+Batticaloa+sea+during+dusk.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages - Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dus Fishing Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dusk.They will return next day with a big catch - Batticaloa , Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026170379-SNPKRYS7IQ55ZIGQT138/Hindu+Worshiper.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026158078-N8SK27AO7BFMRA4KL9XO/Few+women+carrying+firewoods+on+their+heads+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages Few women carrying firewoods on their heads.A common village scene in most parts of Asia specially in Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026160322-5DV2KLS82XQZ77UKAY1E/Group+of+school+children+standing+at+the+edge+of+top+most+part+of+Sigiriya+Rock+Fortress+with+the+beautiful+landscape+in+the+background+at+dusk-+a+Unesco+World+Heritage+site+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages Group of school children standing at the edge of top most part of Sigiriya Rock Fortress with the beautiful landscape in the background at dusk- a Unesco World Heritage site in Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026150056-B0G1D9IQJOJHMB0C0V18/blacksmith+in+batticaloa.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026180271-C29DNEEG33949Q454561/IMG_3281.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026188824-EZL57E6L2KVAADCS90R2/IMG_3532-Edit.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026195977-N187FYIV7AEO2KYQ6C83/IMG_4624.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026304318-8YH86ESG2ALRR4OS8X64/Silhouette+of+a+man+riding+bicycle+with+a+cigarette+in+one+hand+at+sunset+-+Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages Silhouette of a man riding bicycle with a cigarette in one hand at sunset - Sri Lanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026307781-9HV1NDTBO1DRB2N9B1T2/Temple+ritual+Batticaloa.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages Across various religions that are being practiced in Sri Lanka rituals have a major role in keeping the systems intact and help in their existence.The way of approaching a particular religion, have differences according to the geographical boundaries.Major differences lie in the way rituals are performed across the country."Saamiyaattam" - Holy Dance - is very common in Batticaloa District, Eastern Sri Lanka- compare to the Northern Sri Lanka.These are specially performed at the small temples for rural Hindu deities.Few selected men will dress and behave as they have the power of god within them and during the performance of various gestures, the devotees believe that telling their problem to this men can be taken as telling them straight to the god.Here a young man during an annual festival of a rural temple, dressed and behaves as 'Lord Hanuman'-The Monkey God.He will usually seen climbing on a tree, sitting at the top shouting and giving expressions of a monkey, throwing bananas to the devotees below.The one who catches the fruits is considered as received blessing from the god and so many people will wait for it to happen to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026202572-LSPZNIDDV5UB1ZP2KR0R/IMG_7630-Edit-1-3.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1589026094264-WMR2TDVFM2D2P8PGTZ1P/A+lonely+passenger+inside+the+famous+Yaldevi+train+in+Sri+Lanka.jpg Rural Sri Lanka Villages A lonely passenger inside the famous Yaldevi train in Sri Lanka https://www.bhagisiva.com/new-page daily 0.75 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499539061-J7ROW2QA3GOZ4DW7216F/_DSF9222.jpg Dong Van market vietnam Villagers are gathering at Dong van market in vietnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499837656-WH4Y6QHBS2SJAAZ5JQ9D/_DSF9293.jpg Dong Van market vietnam A woman trying to squeeze in through the crowd in the busy Dong van market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499748692-3OZEJXG6E4ZA8O97PJPE/_DSF9441+1.jpg Dong Van market vietnam Villagers checking on some cloths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499655890-91ELGUZ94I249X6NY11B/_DSF9271.jpg Dong Van market vietnam A mother and a kid at dong van market, Vietnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499422110-DX8WCNKM8YI2YCCT06M0/_DSF9151.jpg Dong Van market vietnam Diners enjoying pho at the local eatery in Dong van market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499443167-EF2LVZA50R7JJKPLZCS1/_DSF9163.jpg Dong Van market vietnam A villger relaxing after a heavy breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499531391-B06QOA1MQCGL1VHJKVB6/_DSF9225+1.jpg Dong Van market vietnam A young boy enjoying the pho nodle soup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499497794-0B3G3NM8EFB0P7YTM29X/_DSF9212.jpg Dong Van market vietnam Villagers trying to control a raging bull at Dong van market in Vietnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499494423-B5IRIP2VE4Z5O5ZCHXRQ/_DSF9185.jpg Dong Van market vietnam Puppies for sale at Dong van market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499693396-HIQ6XL0W9XP6N3T89W8X/_DSF9277.jpg Dong Van market vietnam A group of men enjoying rice wine at Dong van market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499811550-0OZY0U121POHVVLU4432/_DSF9305.jpg Dong Van market vietnam An icecream on a hot day is well worth the money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499715595-JNVXP6OOOZIMUL79ZFUU/_DSF9282.jpg Dong Van market vietnam Barbecued meat products at Dong van market in Vietnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499630204-C10TNI4G787JBDZ5RG5S/_DSF9258.jpg Dong Van market vietnam A villager smoking a pipe at Dong van market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499757890-PRNJ8DFLFM0T6IBC6QOV/_DSF9405.jpg Dong Van market vietnam Few men can be seen holding piles of cash to help with changing to smaller figures. Usually product prices can range between couple of thousand dong to hundreds of thousands. A vietnam dong is equivalent to approximately 0.000043 USD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499586446-K59FZM4LF2V9VI41V99Y/_DSF9253.jpg Dong Van market vietnam Potential buyers carefully examining a bull at Dong van market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499429745-LA8W9RYZKU6I5LNY0N5Y/_DSF9148.jpg Dong Van market vietnam A villager sizing up a trouser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499818973-SEE8WCN5DG8VIVNRNW5X/_DSF9300.jpg Dong Van market vietnam It is a time for many villagers to meet their friends and families from far away leading to plenty of gossips and laughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591499576942-L7I7KF8W002RNUEVATY4/_DSF9243+1.jpg Dong Van market vietnam A young girl is stretching inbetween looking after the shop of her parents. https://www.bhagisiva.com/shadow-walking daily 0.75 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591505245674-JI7H2XD4CJT03A0MR1YP/_MG_6410.jpg Shadow Walkers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591505250677-E800WK0XY5TSEBRDX3CI/_MG_6428.jpg Shadow Walkers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591505325731-D6W0AOCI80FCCWQEMCR3/_MG_6442.jpg Shadow Walkers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591505332368-OW6ZW65FGGD5I0FHMHTA/_MG_6472.jpg Shadow Walkers - A camel rider in Sam desert dunes in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan taking A camel rider in Sam desert dunes in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan taking a break for his routine prayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591505391589-OQWN1WARW1OSPE878BW0/_MG_6504.jpg Shadow Walkers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591505394156-DURZD2A7KLPQWEI13VM5/_MG_6526.jpg Shadow Walkers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1591505431733-15BBUF0WET7Z00WL0HGR/_MG_6538.jpg Shadow Walkers - Camelmen resting and enjoying a sunset at Sam dunes of famous Th Camelmen resting and enjoying a sunset at Sam dunes of famous Thar desert in Jaisalmer, part of Rajasthan in India. https://www.bhagisiva.com/portrait daily 0.75 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1587189783325-BG3VII0UEPPLT8MLK165/_DSF9224.jpg Portrait - A young boy having pho noodles in Dong van market in northern vi A young boy having pho noodles in Dong van market in northern vietnam. 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Often considered hunter-gatherers, the indigenous communities of Western Ghats also had rich agricultural practices which adhered to the law of nature. Their ancestors existed as an integral part of the forests for thousands of years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683363868409-N34J3GBTJ8VSXU4IKXHU/Paniyar-Kattunayakkar-Tamil+Nadu-A7A04800.jpg WP - First Edit Bommi is one of the oldest people in the Kannam Palli village of the Kattunayakar community. With her immense wisdom about the surrounding forest, she would gracefully walk the nearby wetlands barefoot, collecting plants for cooking and medicine. "Aren't you scared of animals?", "No, before entering the deep forest or thick foliage, I would say to myself, let me mind my own business while the animal does its." Bommis' ancestors roamed the forests freely for thousands of years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683363909997-SA5N857ZFRRWCS78HN5G/Paniyar-Kattunayakkar-Tamil+Nadu-A7A05203.jpg WP - First Edit Habitat loss started with the European colonisation and the introduction of cash crops like tea and rubber in Tamil Nadu, where large areas of forests were cleared, and many invasive species were brought in for firewood. Loss of forest cover continued with the population rise, and new developmental projects in modern independent India created forest patches for which animals and humans competed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683414777530-EDYH1MWLCUK0F64UCNX6/Tamil+Nadu-Western+Ghats-August-2022-DSCF1094.jpg WP - First Edit A herd of elephants visiting a tea estate at Valparai region in Tamil Nadu, while the estate workers look down from the hills above. Human-elephant interactions are becoming much more commoner in recent years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683430023821-F01V570CH8D5WCIU6XNW/Tamil+Nadu-Western+Ghats-August-2022-A7A08551-Enhanced-NR.jpg WP - First Edit Nightfall covers the endless array of plantations, villages and remaining forest patches of the O'Valley region in Tamil Nadu, an important elephant corridor. Fragmentations of the forest cover interfere with the elephant corridors, the ancient routes followed by the elephant herds to move from one region to another, looking for food, water and mates. The maps of these corridors are passed on by generations and ingrained in the ancient memory system of elephants. They still follow these paths, many of them now converted to human habitats, leading to human-elephant conflicts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683417819073-GZ5TQR0S2BBZA5QEXQ13/Tamil+Nadu-Western+Ghats-August-2022-A7A08810.jpg WP - First Edit At the start of another usual night at O'Valley, just around 30 meters from their home, an elephant grabbed Kunchani when returning from the mosque with his wife, Mumtaj. Mumtaj immediately pushed him to the side to save him and, in the process, was crushed and killed by the elephant. Mumtaj survived by her husband, Kunchani and two sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683414102397-RPSGFS0NH13RKZ7YRDRR/Tamil+Nadu-Western+Ghats-August-2022-A7A08322-Enhanced-NR.jpg WP - First Edit Yoga, 44yrs, sobbing while sharing stories about the beautiful life she shared with her late husband, Nathan. Nathan, 52yrs was killed by an elephant around noon while walking through the forest for work. Elephant attacks, once common in the dark, are also starting to happen in daylight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683417835632-I89S4J5FCOJYJ18MHEFQ/Tamil+Nadu-Western+Ghats-August-2022-A7A08280-Enhanced-NR.jpg WP - First Edit Krishnamoorthy, 23yrs, is standing with his uncles Periyasami and Ravichandran. His mother, Rajakumari, a tea estate worker in O'Valley, died in 2022 from an elephant attack while collecting firewood. He had already lost his father and sister at a young age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683419100377-LK5C67EM230OA9ZH3XHE/Kaanikaaran-Tamil+Nadu-A7A01488.jpg WP - First Edit Streams are drying up rapidly due to climate change, habitat loss, and development projects like mono-crop plantations and mining. Western ghats contribute around 30-50% of the total water usage in Tamil Nadu. Millions of people will get affected when small streams like this finally get dried up. The lack of water resources also contributes to human-animal conflicts due to animals approaching villages looking for food sources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683363808516-IX198X6J5O8LMIT4MAPR/Paniyar-Kattunayakkar-Tamil+Nadu-A7A04670.jpg WP - First Edit Rajan, a Kattunayakar man, revisits Kannam Palli village, where wild elephants destroyed his home and many others a few years back. "The seasons are changing, and elephants don't get many fruits in the wild now; they like the banana and jackfruit trees at our homes, and now they are coming here looking for it", says Rajan. We always lived in the forest and have never seen this happening in the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683414775790-V38XVUF15XYIMGSZSUM9/Tamil+Nadu-Western+Ghats-August-2022-A7A08656.jpg WP - First Edit Tea estate workers prepare to return to the field after a short lunch break. Fluctuating international tea trade, increasing costs, and poor margins have caused the closing down of tea estates. Many of these estates are now changing into forests through passive reforestation and natural means. The closing down of tea estates which once acted as a barrier between estate settlements and the forests, led to the elephants coming even closer to the human settlements creating increasing conflict—combined effects of these causing havoc in the lives of thousands of people living in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683413941767-EYCEUTZ00XHG3R1WZ0U1/India-April-2023-Elephant-A7A04194.jpg WP - First Edit Mani, a Malasar tribesman tending to Kaleem, the infamous Kumki elephant in the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp at Topslip in Tamil Nadu, India. Malasar tribes are experts in handling and training these Kumkis. Having had 99 successful missions under his belt and often hailed as one of the best Kumki elephants in India, Kaleem just retired from its service in 2023 at the age of 60. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683430006867-B9T9QD72RM2GH6FK9JAS/India-April-2023-Elephant-A7A05375.jpg WP - First Edit Chinnathambi, a Kumki elephant splashing the water during an evening bathing session besides its carer. Capturing or chasing away rogue elephants is one of the methods used by the forest department to alleviate human-elephant conflict. Kumkis are well-trained elephants in captivity and, due to their ability to control wild elephants, are among the first to be deployed to handle human-elephant conflict situations in the hopes of alleviating harm to both humans and elephants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683414034047-KEDB20TX2MYW44OTE3GF/India-April-2023-Elephant-A7A04477.jpg WP - First Edit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683417840983-I9LEEXENW4PD70ZM0M5L/India-April-2023-Elephant-DSCF0283.jpg WP - First Edit Ragu, a Kurumbar man, observes the beehive at the tree above him. "We don't know when it will rain or not; it has changed in recent years; the hive above could be one of the last few tree hives for this season", he states. Well known for their master skill in the honey collection, the Kurumba indigenous people are now worried about the natural wild honey production. Increasing unpredictable weather patterns affect the flowering and, in turn, reduce the productivity of the remaining forest patches, one of the reasons for elephants wandering around the human settlements looking for food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683419087329-FNW67NF563FYKH5CHKPP/Paniyar-Kattunayakkar-Tamil+Nadu-A7A05276.jpg WP - First Edit "Elephant attacks are common in our villages. We mostly stay indoors after nightfall", states Jaya, a Paniya villager belonging to one of the most underprivileged indigenous groups in Tamil Nadu, India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683414074838-333SEVQ41JVLU5C63LAH/India-April-2023-Elephant-A7A05927.jpg WP - First Edit Maadhi, a betta Kurumbar woman, is roaming around the buffer zone at Mudumalai tiger reserve looking for firewood. Her ancestral settlements used to share this land, a vital elephant corridor, for centuries with wild elephants and tigers harmoniously. However, now she is worried about a potential eviction from her lands as part of the proposal to reclaim the corridor for elephants. But she has nowhere to go. There is an increasing interest in conserving existing elephant corridors and reclaiming lands that were once parts of corridors across western ghats to facilitate elephants' easy movement and their conservation and also to minimise human-elephant conflicts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683413939791-N0ROKOP1PR8YQBTQM3Q8/India-April-2023-Elephant-DSCF0273.jpg WP - First Edit With increasing conservation awareness in the face of the global climate change crisis, there is an increasing interest in reclaiming once-lost forest spaces for reforestation. A herd of elephants frequents Tan Tea estate, one of the first tea plantations to be opened by the Tamil Nadu government and the first to be closed down soon in the hopes of bringing back the native forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fff232f43b55030b840c95/1683363868410-IQW5ZM7XY5OHN29HI3YN/Paniyar-Kattunayakkar-Tamil+Nadu-A7A04877.jpg WP - First Edit A group of women from the Betta Kurumbar village performing an ancient ritual dance. The older women in these villages are vital in transferring knowledge and traditions to the younger generation. The ancient wisdom passed through generations that sustainably harnessed the power of nature is essential to the earth's survival and to mitigating the climate change crisis. Loss of connection to the forest will dent this vital knowledge system. Conservation models, including indigenous knowledge systems, will be a viable solution to the barriers of modern conservation practices for the harmonious living of humans and elephants.