Images Of India - Tess Lyons' India Pictures

Traditionally, attackers and visitors to Amber Fort
could only arrive on elephant back.
The steep ride took five minutes.

The view from the top of Amber Fort, above, was breathtaking.

Two shots from Fort Agra, you can see the Taj Mahal in the background. Here Emporer Shah Jahan, who commissioned the building of the Taj Mahal, was imprisoned for nearly eight years at the request of his evil, power hungry son.

Fathehpur Sikri - home of a Mogul Emporer and his three wives. Each wife had a separate courtyard.

Beyond the walls of Fathehpur Sikri

The inlays are dazzling, especially when the early morning or late afternoon sun shines off them.

The Hava Mahal, Jaipur

Most are eager to wash in the holy water

The interior of the Hava Mahal.

"Spirograph Man" makes his daily living by creating Spirograph designs. As you can see by the crowds around him, his talent is much admired.

A little boy in Jaipur.

Delhi

Jaipur...

It was next to impossible to get into the shanty towns and take pictures there, so I set up my camera on the edge of a smelly canal and tried to get the clearest shots possible.

The lovely and talented VERONICA FERMAN, pride and joy of the Canadian Embassy and belle of Delhi, takes time each week to nourish her soul with dance and music lessons from Guru. This shot shows some of her home, which is large, wonderfully decorated and has a real ambience. Visit Veronica and learn of her daily encounters with stoned painters, silent plumbers, amahs whose shoes get thrown in the garbage and her exciting connections to the black market underworld. ("I have WHISKY.")

India was an incredible visit and obviously, these pictures do not do what I saw justice. The sights portrayed by the film should be accompanied by the unforgettable smells or sounds that were occurying at the time the image was imprinted.

Thank you for visiting and witnessing part of my journey.

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