Guest guest Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Here are the captions for this week's featured photographs, located on the group's splash page, just below the Sri Chakra: / ***** 1. A Hindu pilgrim on a horse back holds on to her baby as they make way to the Amarnath cave shrine, near Brarimarg, some 125 Kilometers (78 miles) northeast of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, July. 4, 2007.A stalagmite that drew Hindu pilgrims to a Kashmiri mountain for more than two centuries has melted away because of the body heat of the hundreds of thousands of devotees who visit each year, officials said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) FOR MORE: /message/27191 2. An Indian woman, Pooja Chauhan, in her undergarments and carrying a baseball bat and bangles in her hands, gestures as she marches to the police commissioner’s office in Rajkot in the western Indian Gujarat state, in this Wednesday, July 4, 2007 photo. Police arrested the husband and in-laws of a woman who stripped and marched through the streets of a western Indian city to protest dowry harassment, a news report said Thursday. Pooja Chauhan said she launched her unusual protest after being constantly harassed by her husband and his family for not providing enough dowry and for bearing a daughter, according to The Times Of India newspaper. (AP Photo) FOR MORE: /message/27258 3. Revathi Masoosai, left, shares a light moment with her daughter Divi Dashini, at the High Court before her court hearing in Shah Alam near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 6, 2007. Masoosai, a Muslim- born ethnic Indian who was held at an Islamic rehabilitation center for six months because she tried to live as a Hindu, insisted Friday she will never return to her original faith. (AP Photo/Marcus Yam) FOR MORE: /message/27260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Here are the captions for this week's featured photographs, located on the group's splash page, just below the Sri Chakra: / ***** 1. A Hindu pilgrim on a horseback holds onto her baby as they make way to the Amarnath cave shrine, near Brarimarg, some 125 Kilometers (78 miles) northeast of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, July 4, 2007. A stalagmite that drew Hindu pilgrims to a Kashmiri mountain for more than two centuries has melted away because of the body heat of the hundreds of thousands of devotees who visit each year, officials said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) FOR MORE: /message/27191 2. An Indian woman, Pooja Chauhan, in her undergarments and carrying a baseball bat and bangles in her hands, gestures as she marches to the police commissioner’s office in Rajkot in the western Indian Gujarat state, in this Wednesday, July 4, 2007 photo. Police arrested the husband and in-laws of a woman who stripped and marched through the streets of a western Indian city to protest dowry harassment, a news report said Thursday. Pooja Chauhan said she launched her unusual protest after being constantly harassed by her husband and his family for not providing enough dowry and for bearing a daughter, according to The Times Of India newspaper. (AP Photo) FOR MORE: /message/27258 3. Hindu devotees attend the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra or Chariot procession of Lord Jagannath in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata July 16, 2007. The yatra or procession commemorates the legendary journey of Lord Krishna, also known as Lord Jagannath, to his birthplace, Mathura. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw (INDIA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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