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Subject: [Leica] Dubare
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:11:13 +1000
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A most interesting and enjoyable set, Jayanand.

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 2 June 2010 07:08, Lluis Ripoll Querol <lluisripollquerol at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Jayanand,
>
> I've enjoyed very much looking at your very good pictures, I've specially
> liked "Family", "Bathing Tusker" and "Mahout", all of them should be viewed
> enlarged to enjoy the great quality of your shots.
>
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
> El 01/06/2010, a las 18:20, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:
>
>
> Kodagu, or Coorg as it used to be known, is a verdant coffee growing
>> area in South India at the tail end of the Western Ghats, a range of
>> mountains that run parallel to and just off the west coast of India.
>> My family had gone for a quick four day holiday early in May, and
>> these are photographs from the trip.
>>
>> This set is from Dubare, an elephant training camp on the banks of the
>> 800 km long River Cauvery, though Dubare is just 50 km from the
>> source. The river is venerated as a goddess in South India, and is a
>> central feature of Hinduism here. The elephant training camp was set
>> up by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore to train elephants for
>> religious and ceremonial duties, and has been in operation for over
>> 100 years. It is a great place to go because anyone can help bathe the
>> elephants, and is particularly helpful in introducing young children
>> to animals so that their fear of animals gets mitigated:
>>
>> The ferry across the river:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_106.jpg.html
>>
>> Fellow tourists:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_117.jpg.html
>>
>> Bathing tusker:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_203.jpg.html
>>
>> Mahout:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_265.jpg.html
>>
>> Going home:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_301.jpg.html
>>
>> Picnic:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_314.jpg.html
>>
>> Path (to the toilet actually):
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_316.jpg.html
>>
>> River pool:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_326.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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