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Splendor of Khajuraho

India's erotic monuments

26-Sep-2011
Khajuraho is famous for its erotic sculptures. The visitor’s initial prurient interest in them, upon scrutiny, quickly changes into an appreciation of their artistic worth. Together with other types of sculptures, and the magnificent architecture of the medieval Hindu and Jain temples on which they are all planted, they constitute the best examples of the arts of India before the impact of Islam. The temples are the houses of that India’s many Gods and the sculptures tell the temporal story of the community which created them. Their value is not just in their splendor but also in their historical legacy>>>

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Between Vegas and Frisco

Between Vegas and Frisco

Photo essay: Las Vegas, Yosemite National Park, Lake Powell, and San Francisco

by Orang Gholikhani
16-Sep-2011 (6 comments)

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Pulses of Life

Pulses of Life

Photo essay: China's back alleys

by Parviz Forghani
14-Sep-2011 (6 comments)

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ART

Forever and Ever and Ever...

Forever and Ever and Ever...

Photo essay: Urban art at the Albany Bulb, California

by Jahanshah Javid
07-Sep-2011 (3 comments)

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CLUB

Bashgah e Enghelab

Bashgah e Enghelab

Photo essay: Tehran sports club, formerly known as Shahanshahi

by Z. Sany
05-Sep-2011 (3 comments)

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Niagra Falls Short

Niagra Falls Short

Photo essay: A trip to one of the world's natural wonders

by Jahanshah Javid
28-Aug-2011 (17 comments)

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IRAN

Here Angels Walk

Here Angels Walk

Photos: People and nature

by @mir
23-Aug-2011 (10 comments)

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Grand Nature

Grand Nature

Photo essay: In and around the Grand Canyon

by Morteza Loghmani
15-Aug-2011 (7 comments)

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DUBAI

Dancing Dunes

Dancing Dunes

Photo essay: Sands, dancing with music of the wind

by Parviz Forghani
13-Aug-2011

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AMERICA

Love of Liberty

Love of Liberty

Last stop: Visiting Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson

by Jahanshah Javid
12-Aug-2011 (13 comments)

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PARADISE

Taking a Break

Taking a Break

Photo essay: One month in Central America

by Monda
09-Aug-2011 (26 comments)

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INDIA

Sacred Varanasi

Cremation and resurrection

05-Aug-2011
For centuries, life in India has been shaped by two different religions, Hinduism and Islam. They were not any less divergent in their prescription for the afterlife. Burning in hell is the ultimate damnation in Islam, while the Hindus seek the liberation of their soul in the very fire of the funeral pyre. It was not so much theology as the rituals of India’s religions that, presently, attracted me to its sacred Varanasi>>>

AMERICA

Taking Jesus by the Horns

Taking Jesus by the Horns

Photo essay: Religion, patriotism and my first rodeo

by Jahanshah Javid
02-Aug-2011 (7 comments)

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Deep in Thailand

Deep in Thailand

Photo essay: Traveling with friends in southeast Asia

by Lida Ghaemi
26-Jul-2011 (6 comments)

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TURKEY

Neither East Nor West

Neither East Nor West

Photo essay: Istanbul has an identity crisis

by Kourosh Alahiari
22-Jul-2011 (6 comments)

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