WHEN THE GANGES enters Bangladesh, it is known as the Padma River. The city of Rajshahi lies on one bank, and just across the other is India. Not surprisingly, a number of Hindus still live in the city, and there are Hindu temples and rajbari – the mansions abandoned by their owners with the brutal partition of British India.
Elegantly dressed Hindu girls strol through their village.
A village boy spins a top.
Puthia's Hindu temples date from the early1800s.
A food cart by the river.
Kids take a joyride in an amusement park. Part museum, part temple, part fun park, the place was just a bit strange.
A tractor pulls a wagon carrying a dozen or more people.
A toddy tapper at work.
Trees bound for city markets.
Dry season rice paddies along the river bank.
Puthia Temple is one of many Hindu temples in Bangladesh.
"Rajbari" are the mansions once owned by wealthy Hindus prior to partition. Many, like this one, were abandonded.
In the cool of the late afternoon, Rajshahi resident head to the river banks.
Bangladeshis are generally keen to be photographed.
Green fields are a feature of rural Bangladesh.
A farmer tends his fields.
Instead of toothpaste, many places people chew a stick for dental hygiene.
Boys off to fly a home-made kite.