Bombay was not yet Mumbai -- Ceylon was not yet Sri Lanka -- and West Pakistan and East Pakistan were not yet Pakistan and Bangladesh in 1981.
Travel to India was a total adventure - an assault on the senses with the chaos of old and new, opulent splendor and abject poverty, lives lived in private behind walls and also on public sidewalks. Every type of transport option possible giving way to sacred cows. Delicious food, marvelous shopping and a multitude of religious and cultural monuments to visit. Above all - wonderful people. I loved it all!
Bombay / Mumbai
Traditional Dhow
Elephanta Island
Prince of Wales Museum
Ajanta & Ellora Cave Monuments
Ellora - Kailash Temple
Ellora - Nirvana of the Buddha
Ajanta - Beautiful Ladies
Ajanta Caves
Ajanta Cave 2 - The Goddess Hariti & Panchika, her consort
Jaipur
Keoladeo National Park - Ghana Bird Sanctuary
Common Kingfisher
Painted Stork
Eurasian Spoonbill
Fatepur Sikri
Agra
'Baby Taj'
Taj Mahal
Delhi
Official Residence of the President
Srinagar / Kashmir
Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus
The Kashmir Valley
The road to Gulmarg
Kashmir Valley
The Himalayas
Threshing
Pahalgam = Valley of the Shepherds
Fabled Saffron
Khajuraho
22 of 85 monuments still stand
Varanasi
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