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India: Jewels of the East Photo Gallery
Photographs by Dilip Mehta Text by Paul Martin

Photo: Man practicing yoga in front of Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India

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arly on an overcast morning I found this man practicing his yoga asanas in front of the Victoria Memorial," says the photographer. The white marble monument is one of Kolkata's most famous landmarks. Begun in 1904 and dedicated by King Edward in 1921, the massive memorial is surrounded by immaculate gardens—presided over by a statue of a dour Queen Victoria, the very symbol of Britain's colonial past in India.

Read more about India in "Passages Through India," a special section in the November/December 2006 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

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