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March 27, 2010

A diptych of a blooming lotus and a young Kashmiri girl washing her face on Dal Lake. - Srinagar, Kashmir, India - Daily Travel Photos
(Srinagar, Kashmir, India)
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A lotus blooms on Dal Lake. A young Kashmiri girl performs a morning wash on Dal Lake.

I'm trying to refrain from writing a detailed explanation for this diptych. Hopefully the meaning is fairly self-evident.

This photo is part of another installation of archived photos (on the weekends).

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