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  • 21st April 2013,  New Delhi, India. View of urban Delhi<br />
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  • 4th October 2015, New Delhi, India. A street sweeper in New Delhi, India on the 4th October 2015<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE a photographer in Delhi<br />
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  • 5th May 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal.  Cremation workers on the ghats attending pyres of earthquake victims at the Pashupatinath Temple on the 5th May 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal.<br />
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The Pashupatinath Temple is a famous, sacred Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupatinath is located on the banks of the Bagmati River 5 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu Valley in the eastern city of Kathmandu the capital of Nepal. This temple is considered one of the sacred temples of Hindu faith .The temple serves as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath. This temple complex is on UNESCO World Heritage Sites's list Since 1979.This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river" and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO's designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site. The temple is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva) on the continent. Kotirudra Samhita, Chapter 11 on the Shivalingas of the North, in Shiva Purana mentions this Shivalinga as the bestower of all wishes. One of the major Festivals of the temple is Maha Shivaratri on which day over 700,000 devotees visit here.<br />
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An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
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  • 6th May 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal.  Chandra Bahadur Puri (83) in his home in Bimdungar village, near Kathmandu, on the 6th May 2015.<br />
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He lived through the last major earthquake to hit Nepal 81 years ago in 1934. He remembers nothing of the first earthquake but said their house survived. During the 2015 earthquake he was outside his house sweeping, but fell down because the ground was shaking so violently and crawled a few metres away and in that time the house collapsed, luckily no one was inside at the time.<br />
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An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
photographer in delhi
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  • 6th May 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal.  Ruku Khattri Chhetri (89) in Ramkot village, near Kathmandu, on the 6th May 2015.<br />
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This mother of 7 lived through the last major earthquake to hit Nepal 81 years ago in 1934. She remembers it clearly, she was 8 years old at that time and was carrying her little 3 year old brother outside in the fields. When the earthquake struck she kneeled down and shielded him to protect him, the ground and nearby buildings shook violently  she saw a cloud of dust rise 'like fog in winter'  from nearby Bimdungar village caused by all the falling buildings, it happened very fast and many people died. She stayed where she was until her grandfather came and found them - as her parents were not available. Her father had jumped from the second story of their house during the earthquake to save himself and broken his leg.<br />
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During the 2015 earthquake she was outside her house and fell to the ground when the earth shook, she found herself covered in dust from her house that had collapsed behind her , she crawled away crying for help and was soon rescued by neighbours. When asked about the future she said  ‘I fear more suffering is to come since I am still alive’ .‘If another earthquake comes I want to die fast, I don’t want to be injured’. She lost one eye to cancer and is all but blind in the other. <br />
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An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
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  • 30th April 2015, Sindhupal Chowk District, Nepal. Gaja Raj Bharati (82) in Bharatigaun village, Sindhupal Chowk District, on the 30th April 2015. <br />
He lived through the last major earthquake to hit Nepal 81 years ago in 1934. <br />
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Sindhupalchowk District has seen around 2100 deaths as of 3rd May 2015 which is nearly a third of all fatalities recorded in Nepal from the earthquake with magnitude 7.8 that occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
photographer in delhi
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  • 21st April 2013,  New Delhi, India. View of urban Delhi<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com
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  • 30th April 2015, Sindhupal Chowk District, Nepal. Leela Devii Bharati (86) in Bharatigaun village, Sindhupal Chowk District, on the 30th April 2015. <br />
She lived through the last major earthquake to hit Nepal 81 years ago in 1934. <br />
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Sindhupalchowk District has seen around 2100 deaths as of 3rd May 2015 which is nearly a third of all fatalities recorded in Nepal from the earthquake with magnitude 7.8 that occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
photographer in delhi
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  • 21st April 2013,  New Delhi, India. View of urban Delhi<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 18th July 2015, Naggar village, Radhika (7) practices her devotional dance in honour of Lord Krishna at the Murlidhar Krishna temple, Thawa, near Naggar Village, Himalchal Pradesh, India on the 18th July 2015. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
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  • 6th May 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal.  Ram Bahadur Puri (92) in his home in Puri village, near Kathmandu, on the 6th May 2015.<br />
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He lived through the last major earthquake to hit Nepal 81 years ago in 1934. He was tending cows in the fields when the earthquake struck, they ran away in panic and later made their own way home. He was outside his house chatting with his wife and neighbours when the 2015 earthquake hit, he stood chanting the name of God until it subsided. His house was left in ruins.<br />
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An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
photographer in delhi
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  • 30th April 2015, Sindhupal Chowk District, Nepal. Manmaya Bharati (86)  in Bharatigaun village, Sindhupal Chowk District, on the 30th April 2015. She lived through the last major earthquake to hit Nepal 81 years ago in 1934, she was not old enough to remember it but was later told her father carried her on his shoulders to flee.<br />
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Sindhupalchowk District has seen around 2100 deaths as of 3rd May 2015 which is nearly a third of all fatalities recorded in Nepal from the earthquake with magnitude 7.8 that occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
photographer in delhi
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  • 30th April 2015, Sindhupal Chowk District, Nepal. Man Bahadur Bharati (87) in Bharatigaun village, Sindhupal Chowk District, on the 30th April 2015. <br />
He lived through the last major earthquake to hit Nepal 81 years ago in 1934. He was interviewed about the men from the village going overseas to work and said the village had changed for the better in the last 20 yrs, but now everything is at risk again. He said men started leaving to work overseas 10-12 yrs ago. "The fields are barren, but the money is here." He said it would be good if families could stay together.<br />
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Sindhupalchowk District has seen around 2100 deaths as of 3rd May 2015 which is nearly a third of all fatalities recorded in Nepal from the earthquake with magnitude 7.8 that occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
photographer in delhi
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  • 4th May 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal. A Hindu family in mourning for their mother lying on a bier on the cremation ghats at the Pashupatinath Temple complex on the 4th May 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal. Their mother had an operation at a Kathmandu Hospital but when the earthquake struck the hospital ceased to function and as a result she died<br />
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The Pashupatinath Temple is a famous, sacred Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupatinath is located on the banks of the Bagmati River 5 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu Valley in the eastern city of Kathmandu the capital of Nepal. This temple is considered one of the sacred temples of Hindu faith .The temple serves as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath. This temple complex is on UNESCO World Heritage Sites's list Since 1979.This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river" and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO's designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site. The temple is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva) on the continent. Kotirudra Samhita, Chapter 11 on the Shivalingas of the North, in Shiva Purana mentions this Shivalinga as the bestower of all wishes. One of the major Festivals of the temple is Maha Shivaratri on which day over 700,000 devotees visit here.<br />
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An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Lamjung, Nepal, 50 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu at 06:11:26 UTC on Apr 25, 2015. The capital has seen considerable devastation including the nine-story Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers as a watchtower in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognised historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped. Portions of historic buildings in the World Heritage gazetted site of Patan have also been destroyed as well as many buildings in the old city. <br />
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  • 16th October 2015, Delhi, India. A man travels in a wheelchair down the centre of Raj Path in Delhi, India on the 16th October 2015.<br />
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Rajpath (meaning "King's Way") is the ceremonial boulevard in New Delhi, India, that runs from Rashtrapati Bhavan on Raisina Hill through Vijay Chowk and India Gate to National Stadium, Delhi. The avenue is lined on both sides by huge lawns, canals and rows of trees. Considered to be one of the most important roads in India, it is where the annual Republic Day parade takes place on 26 January. Janpath (meaning "People's Way") crosses the road. Rajpath runs in east-west direction. Roads from Connaught Place, the financial centre of Delhi, run into Rajpath from north<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE a photographer in Delhi<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a handler across a busy road as a passing cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in veneration, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE + 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
Photographer in Delhi
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a handler across a busy road as a passing cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in veneration, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE + 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
Photographer in Delhi
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  • 20th January 2014, Old Delhi, India. A street scene on Khari Baoli Road in Old Delhi on the 20th January 2014<br />
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Old Delhi is the walled city of Delhi, founded as Shahjahanabad by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in 1639. It remained the capital of the Mughals until the end of the Mughal dynasty. It was once filled with mansions of nobles and members of the royal court, along with elegant mosques and gardens. Today, despite having become extremely crowded and dilapidated, it still serves as the symbolic heart of metropolitan Delhi.<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com
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  • 12th September 2014, New Delhi, India. Elephants ridden by mahouts at dusk on a busy road in New Delhi, India on the 12th September 2014<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a handler across a busy road as a passing cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in veneration, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE + 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com<br />
Photographer in Delhi
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  • 11th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by handlers on a busy road in monsoon rain in New Delhi, India on the 11th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 12th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a mahout on a busy road in New Delhi, India on the 12th September 2014<br />
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Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 20th January 2014, Old Delhi, India. A street scene on Khari Baoli Road in Old Delhi on the 20th January 2014<br />
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Old Delhi is the walled city of Delhi, founded as Shahjahanabad by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in 1639. It remained the capital of the Mughals until the end of the Mughal dynasty. It was once filled with mansions of nobles and members of the royal court, along with elegant mosques and gardens. Today, despite having become extremely crowded and dilapidated, it still serves as the symbolic heart of metropolitan Delhi.<br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com
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  • 18th September 2014,New Delhi. A man sleeps under a road bridge with a puppy in New Delhi, India on the 18th September 2014<br />
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Sleeping in the outdoors is common in Asia due to a warmer climate and the fact that personal privacy for sleep is not so culturally ingrained as it is in the West. New Delhi (where most of these images were taken) is a harsh city both in climate and environment and for those working long hours, often in hard manual labour, sleep and rest is something fallen into when exhaustion overwhelms, no matter the place or circumstance. Then there are the homeless, in Delhi figures for them from Government and NGO sources vary wildly from 25,000 to more than 10 times that. Others public sleepers may simply be travellers having a siesta along the way.<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE, photographer in Delhi<br />
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  • 19th August 2014,New Delhi. A man sleeps on a road divider in New Delhi, India on the 19th August 2014<br />
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Sleeping in the outdoors is common in Asia due to a warmer climate and the fact that personal privacy for sleep is not so culturally ingrained as it is in the West. New Delhi (where most of these images were taken) is a harsh city both in climate and environment and for those working long hours, often in hard manual labour, sleep and rest is something fallen into when exhaustion overwhelms, no matter the place or circumstance. Then there are the homeless, in Delhi figures for them from Government and NGO sources vary wildly from 25,000 to more than 10 times that. Others public sleepers may simply be travellers having a siesta along the way.<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE, photographer in Delhi<br />
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+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder pillaged from the city's trees is ridden by a handler  across a busy road as a passing cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in veneration, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
<br />
Elephant handlers (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive on a small retainer paid by the elephant owners and by giving rides to passers by. The owners keep all the money from hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants.The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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  • 4th September 2014, New Delhi, India. An elephant loaded with fodder and a handler crosses a busy road as a cyclist clasps his hand to his chest in homage, New Delhi, India on the 4th September 2014. Elephants are revered in India due to their enshrinement in many and various religious traditions and beliefs. <br />
<br />
Elephant owners (Mahouts) eke out a living in makeshift camps on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. They survive by giving rides to passers by and hiring the animals out for religious festivals, events and weddings, they also are involved in the illegal trade of captive elephants. The living conditions and treatment of elephants kept in cities in North India is extremely harsh, the handlers use the banned 'ankush' or bullhook to control the animals through daily beatings, the animals have no proper shelters are forced to walk on burning hot tarmac and stand for hours with their feet chained together. <br />
<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY AND COPYRIGHT OF SIMON DE TREY-WHITE<br />
+ 91 98103 99809<br />
email: simon@simondetreywhite.com photographer in delhi
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