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Hi, I’m Gauri. I photograph temples before breakfast.
MBA in Travel and tourism, photographer, and storyteller of Asia’s spiritual and cultural wonders. This blog is a small notebook on 50+ states, 100+ temples, tiger jungles, and stories from the road — slow travel, deep stories, and from the first light.
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