Post Card From India – Kumbh Mela, the World’s Largest Religious Gathering
Kumbh Mela is the greatest pilgrimage and festival in the Hindu religion. The event is a religious and cultural spectacle which occurs once in 12 years attracting…
Kumbh Mela is the greatest pilgrimage and festival in the Hindu religion. The event is a religious and cultural spectacle which occurs once in 12 years attracting…
A Kolkata man sits in front of his shop reading the morning newspaper. People in this huge country seem to be very interested in current events and politics and the newspaper is their main source of…
The wholesale produce market in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India is in an ancient,  cavernous building filled with vendors along narrow aisles. The produce arrives at the market by truck packed in huge…
A hand pulled rickshaw is probably one of the oldest forms of taxi service. Although using humans as beasts of burden is illegal throughout most of the world, including India, rickshaw…
The Durga Puja (Pujo in Bengali) is celebrated in various parts of India in different styles, but not on the grand scale of the Festival in Calcutta. This year's celebration will be…
Finding a few moments of solitary time in crowded Kolkata, India, a city of over 15 million people is no easy task. But this man has done just that. He…
The Durga Puja (Pujo in Bengali) is celebrated in various parts of India in different styles, but not on the grand scale of the Festival in Calcutta. This year's celebration will…
TravelSupermarket.com is sponsoring the Capture the Colour competition which asks for five photos that represent five different colors:  Blue, Green, Yellow, White and Red. Blue- Amazingly still on the rails of Kolkata, India, daily,…
Kolkata, India, still popularly called Calcutta, even by the locals, is little changed since British rule. This city of 15 million is a place of sensory overload. The sights, sounds,…