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Fascination with Turbans I don’t know why but I’ve always been fascinated with turbans. While commonplace in much of the world, they were seldom seen in the sheltered small town where I grew up in Western Michigan. That’s changed now, of course, but the mystique of a man wearing a turban has...
It was on the road to Anadpur Sahib that I realized what a big deal the Hola Mohalla was. We were smack dab in the middle of a narrow road choked with buses, tractors, trucks, cars and folks on horseback. Masses of us were all heading to the city in Punjab where the three day […]
I must admit, I am fascinated with the “Blue Guys.” Not the famous Chicago-based Blue Man Group, but a group of Sikhs who typically wear blue, carry swords, wear turbans and have as their mission, “Defending our religion.” Yikes, what is this all about? I had the opportunity to photograph this...
Visiting the Golden Temple in Amritsar literally took my breath away. I know that’s a cliche, but in this case it is true. The Golden Temple had me gasping in two ways. First, the glowing golden structure in the northern part of India called Punjab where the majority of the population is Sikh...
Some experiences stick with you forever…….or I hope they do. One of them happened to me on a Jim Cline Photography Tour in India in March. We traveled to Anandpur Sahib, Punjab near Pakistan to photograph the Hola Mahalla Festival. This is a really big deal for the Sikhs and specifically the...