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  • On a spiritual quest.<br />
I saw him at the last second and had to reverse the car to get back to him. He was covered in blankets. Two different shoes. No bag, no water. "My name is Binod Yasin, I am walking ahead."<br />
Maharashtra province.
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  • Pir Shah Ismail is the spiritual leader of Wakhis in the Wakhan Corridor. He lives in Qala-e-Pinja. Visiting the ruins of the old fort.
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  • Pir Shah Ismail is the spiritual leader of Wakhis in the Wakhan Corridor. He lives in Qala-e-Pinja. Visiting the ruins of the old fort.  .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Pir Shah Ismail is the spiritual leader of Wakhis in the Wakhan Corridor. He lives in Qala-e-Pinja. Visiting the ruins of the old fort.  .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • You couldn’t miss him—such colors! On his throat is written the word "Krishna." He is a traditional performance artist known as a behurupiya. "I am Raje Krishna on my way to the temple, that’s who I am!"<br />
Rajasthan Province.
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  • Mr Sher Aziz, the progressive Islamic religious leader of Hussaini village, Gojal region.
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  • Four brothers—Barge, Kothar Kar, Talas Kar Sandip, and B.R. Khed Kar—are following the Narmada River on a pligrimage. They have been on the road for over 1,700 miles.<br />
Hindu pilgrims circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Like many Rajasthani shepherds, this shepherd crosses large stretches of India, feeding his herd of several thousand cows along the way.<br />
Rajasthan Province.
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  • Every day, Ajit walks from his village to the top of a slope on the highway, where trucks are forced to drive at a snail's pace. He waves, and the driver might just throw a coin to him out of the window."That's how I make my living, simple ... and nothing else," he says.<br />
Uttar Pradesh Province.
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  • Sardar Khan and Khan Jon (Mookie)..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river. He carries water from the river in his tin can and all his belongings on his back.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • A Vagabond.<br />
Chhattisgarh province.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Hindu pilgrims circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • You couldn’t miss him—such colors! On his throat is written the word "Krishna." He is a traditional performance artist known as a behurupiya. "I am Raje Krishna on my way to the temple, that’s who I am!"<br />
Rajasthan Province.
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  • I met Deepak Sunita, a lone pilgrim, in Madyah Pradesh. He carries holy water from the Narmada River in his tin. Life can be simple.<br />
A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Sardar Khan, protecting himslef from the cold..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Sardar Khan, protecting himself from the cold..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja.
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  • Hindu pilgrim couple circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Hindu pilgrims walking to a shrine along the highway near Bangalore, Karnataka province. circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • A barefoot Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim couple circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Ravi talked very quietly, like he was afraid to be loud. He said yes to my offer of water. He didn't want anything else. I put the bottle next to him on the road and he looked up. He had scars on his belly. It seems that most of these highway walkers are ghosts to the passersby. <br />
Uttar Pradesh Province.
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  • Four brothers—Barge, Kothar Kar, Talas Kar Sandip, and B.R. Khed Kar—are following the Narmada River on a pligrimage. They have been on the road for over 1,700 miles.<br />
Hindu pilgrims circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • "My name is Om, only Om." He was young and smiling. "I left before sunrise. I am walking from my home in Hoshangabad to the temple of Salkanpur, up on that hill. You see, I just got a job, I need to thank the gods! İ will return home tonight." I had not realized he was barefoot, wearing a freshly ironed shirt but no shoes.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Like many Rajasthani shepherds, Lakan crosses large stretches of India, feeding his herd of over 400 goats along the way.<br />
Rajasthan Province.
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  • I met Deepak Sunita, a lone pilgrim, in Madyah Pradesh. He carries holy water from the Narmada River in his tin. Life can be simple.<br />
A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Pilgrims walking to Delhi.<br />
Uttar Pradesh Province.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Hindu pilgrim couple circumambulating the holy Naramda river.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Lucia, 85 years old and 32 great-grand children, is the oldest woman on the island. She was exiled by Japanese forces, along with all the Nauruans, to Truk Island during WW2. A fervent Christian believer, she gets visit on Sunday by a priest, to hold prayer. She also enjoys Bingo...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Patchwork of colors. At Yodgar's house (a "Khalifa", spiritual leader) in the Langar village, in the Wakhan Corridor, Tajikistan side, in the Pamir mountains. Afghanistan is on the other side of the Panj river.<br />
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Tajikistan, a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.<br />
Tajikistan became a republic of the Soviet Union in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.<br />
It was the first of the Central Asian republic to gain independence in December 1991.
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  • The two blue-eyed Said: Said Abdul (brother of Pir Shah Ismail) and Said Wadir (his uncle.)<br />
In Qala-i-panjah, at Pir Shah Ismail's house, the spiritual leader of the Wakhan Corridor. Wakhi people are Ismaili muslims.
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  • In Qala-i-panjah, we stay in the house of Pir Shah Ismail, the Ismaili spiritual leader of the Wakhan Corridor. Wakhi people are Ismaili muslims.<br />
Gul Asli, the niece of Pir Shah Ismail.
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  • On a spiritual quest.<br />
I met him between two downpours. After the dryness of the cotton fields around Nagpur, it felt so good to see green wheat when entering Madhya Pradesh. I look back at the picture, and he reminds me so much of some of the hobos I met across the United States—a sack tied to a wooden stick, ripped jeans, and a sparkle in his eyes.<br />
Madhya Pradesh Province.
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  • Spiritual leader of a Wakhi village. Khalifa Ruzi Baig.  The traditional life of the Wakhi people, in the Wakhan corridor, amongst the Pamir mountains.
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  • Picture of a child and clock hanged in Yodgar's house (a "Khalifa", spiritual leader) in the Langar village, in the Wakhan Corridor, Tajikistan side, in the Pamir mountains. Afghanistan is on the other side of the Panj river.<br />
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Tajikistan, a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.<br />
Tajikistan became a republic of the Soviet Union in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.<br />
It was the first of the Central Asian republic to gain independence in December 1991.
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  • In the narrow alleys of Lahore's Walled City, two young men stand in front of the home of a Sufi pir, or master. "Sufism plays a major role in the spiritual life of Pakistan, particularly Lahore," says photographer Matthieu Paley.
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  • Green-eyed Gul returning from school. Wakhi girls are privileged in the sense that getting education is a priority among this Ismaili community. The Aga Khan, their spiritual leader says the following: "If you have 2 children, a boy and a girl, but not enough money to educate both kids: give education in priority to the girl - as a future mother, the girl will be the one later educating your grand children..." Sarhad Village, Wakhan Corridor.<br />
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Girl with green eyes from 2005, Bakhik. Father name Mazar, kipkut (photographed in 2017). Married in avegarch to Jumagul.
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  • A old picture portrait of Sai Baba, an Indian spiritual master. Pink wall.
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  • Woman by the door at Yodgar's house (a "Khalifa", spiritual leader) in the Langar village, in the Wakhan Corridor, Tajikistan side, in the Pamir mountains. Afghanistan is on the other side of the Panj river.<br />
<br />
Tajikistan, a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.<br />
Tajikistan became a republic of the Soviet Union in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.<br />
It was the first of the Central Asian republic to gain independence in December 1991.
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  • On July 11, Ismaili Muslims all over the world celebrate the anniversary of His Highness the Aga Khan as the 49th Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. <br />
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On July 11, 1957, His Highness the Aga Khan became the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. His Highness is a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad through his cousin and son-in-law, Ali, the first Imam, and his wife Fatima, the Prophet’s daughter.<br />
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In the town of Khorog (2200m), is the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAO) in Tajikistan. It is situated in the Pamir Mountains (ancient Mount Imeon) at the confluence of the Gunt and Panj rivers.<br />
The city is bounded to the south and to the north by the deltas of the Shakhdara and Gunt rivers, respectively. The two rivers merge in the eastern part of the city flow through the city, dividing it almost evenly until its delta in the river Panj, also being known as Amu Darya, or in antiquity the Oxus on the border with Afghanistan. Khorog is known for its beautiful poplar trees that dominate the flora of the city.<br />
Khorog is one of the poorest areas of Tajikistan, with the charitable organization Aga Khan Foundation providing almost the only source of cash income. Most of its inhabitants are Ismaili Muslims.<br />
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Tajikistan, a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.<br />
Tajikistan became a republic of the Soviet Union in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.<br />
It was the first of the Central Asian republic to gain independence in December 1991.
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  • Mareile and Sala-u-din, son of Pir Shah Ismail, the Ismaili spiritual leader of the Wakhan corridor, and one of the passenger - looking for hard grounds to hopefully take our miserable vehicle a few meters further.<br />
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Adventure through the Afghan Pamir mountains, among the Afghan Kyrgyz and into Pakistan's Karakoram mountains. July/August 2005. Afghanistan / Pakistan.
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  • Vagabond on a  spiritual quest.<br />
Uttar Pradesh Province.
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  • The small school funded by the Aga Khan Foundation.  Wakhis are Ismaili, thei spiritual leader is the Aga Khan – the Aga Khan foundation is very influencial in the region and one of the corner stone of the organization is education.<br />
The traditional life of the Wakhi people, in the Wakhan corridor, amongst the Pamir mountains.
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  • Bakh Shoh (left) and his relative. They are about to go in the field for work, wearing their everyday cloth. In Wakhan, work tasks are interchangeable, there is equality between sexes, that’s mainly due to the fact that here everyone is Ismaili, a branch of Islam that is very liberal whose spiritual leader is the Aga Khan – a multimillionaire, Harvard graduate living in Europe.
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