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Subject: [Leica] Dubare
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:25:15 +0530
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Nathan,
Thanks!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:
> Thanks for a fascinating peek at this place!
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>> 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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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Dubare)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Dubare)