Bobcock in India again.......

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Very common mode of transport in the Punjab

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Next is a trip to two very important gurudwaras at Goindwal Sahib and Tarn Taran.....

First Goindwal Sahib....

The gurudwara



One of my favourite portraits of the trip, mst look at this one as a black and white as well.....

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Found this vehicle parked outside the temple

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Next onto Tarn Tara, about 30 miles south of Amritsar, there is a small market outside the temple complex.....



The temple itself....

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crackling good shots Bob, cheers!

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Inside the gurudwara......



This temple has the largest sarovar at a temple complex in the world, over a kilometre to walk around.... that's a lot of marble.....

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On the road to Lahore.....a statue of Sham Singh Attariwala

Sham Singh Attariwala (died 1846) was a general for the Sikh Empire and is famous for his last stand at the Battle of Sobraon. He joined the Sikh military in 1817 and during the Afghan-Sikh Wars participated in the Battle of Attock, Battle of Multan, Battle of Peshewar, and the 1819 Kashmir expedition.

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On the road out to the Pakistan border I got the driver to turn into a small village called Doindwhal..... it was a village of about 40 houses and I don't think they'd ever had a Westerner with a large camera walk through it before.........

Took a nice shot of a man with his donkey and a couple of portrait's, the guy with the white turban had a son who lived in the UK.

[katie23]

Great pics, bobcock. You are a cut above the rest.
I agree with them - I like the portraits best. The one with Bandar is great! He looked so happy clutching his photo in the 2nd pic. You certainly made his day. So nice of you to provide prints to the ones that you photographed. I'm sure they'll treasure the photos. Cheers!

[Fozzy]

Any photos of people washing themselves And their clothes in the river?

Not some kinky fetish or anything, just one of the things that always comes to mind when thinking about India.

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Caption competition.......

Well....that went well.......5555

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The last part.....a trip to see the India / Pakistan Border closing ceremony.

The Wagah border closing 'lowering of the flags' ceremony, or The Beating Retreat ceremony, is a daily military practice that the security forces of India (Border Security Force) and Pakistan (Pakistan Rangers) have jointly followed since 1959.

This ceremony takes place every evening before sunset at the Wagah border, which as part of the Grand Trunk Road was the only road link between these two countries before the opening of the Aman Setu in Kashmir in 1999. The ceremony starts with a blustering parade by the soldiers from both the sides, and ends up in the perfectly coordinated lowering of the two nations' flags. It is called the beating retreat border ceremony on the international level. One infantryman stands at attention on each side of the gate. As the sun sets, the iron gates at the border are opened and the two flags are lowered simultaneously. The flags are folded and the ceremony ends with a retreat that involves a brusque handshake between soldiers from either side, followed by the closing of the gates again. The spectacle of the ceremony attracts many visitors from both sides of the border, as well as international tourists.

In October 2010, Major General Yaqub Ali Khan of the Pakistan Rangers decided that the aggressive aspect of the ceremonial theatrics should be toned down.

The ceremony has been filmed and broadcast by Michael Palin for one of his television around-the-world travel programs; he described it as a display of "carefully choreographed contempt

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These two guys were huge, I stood next the them afterwards, easily could play in a Springbok pack

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Excellent Bob.......this post is in line with your usually high standard

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[Loy Toy]

How did you find the food there Bob? I never likes the Indian food served up in India.

[Dillinger]

Superb pics Bob

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Awesome food everywhere I have been on the last two trips.

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The Pakistani Rangers

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Right, I think that's it for this thread, I have hundreds more, but these are a decent selection.

[gusG]

Well done Bob, thanks a lot.

[reddog]

You have a good eye bob,also have stayed at the taj a few times when the wallet was
healthy,and there was a great opium den in crawford market, used to go there for research purposes.