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Visitors entering the gate at the northern edge of the ChowkI Jilo Khana forecourt get their first glimpse of the famed Taj Mahal.

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Visitors entering the gate at the northern edge of the ChowkI Jilo Khana forecourt get their first glimpse of the famed Taj Mahal. Photo Credit: Photos by Kenneth Kiesnoski

Visitors entering the gate at the northern edge of the ChowkI Jilo Khana forecourt get their first glimpse of the famed Taj Mahal.

Indians love their street food. Here, a vendor prepares a nut, spice and bean mix at Raj Ghat, the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Ghandi.

An outdoor public handwashing and water station in New Delhi. Water, especially of the potable kind, can become scarce in warmer weather.

A vendor outside the Sri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir, a major New Delhi temple, sells religious articles and offerings, such as marigold garlands and sweets, used in Hindu puja, or worship.

India is home to a large Tibetan expat population, many of whom were holding anti-Chinese protests across Delhi in early April.

An Indian family take a break from sightseeing under one of the Taj Mahal's white, massive outer marble niches, adorned with patterns of inlaid semi-precious stones.

Cattle, particularly cows, are revered by India's Hindus and left free to wander and lounge in streets and in traffic. Here, a team of oxen move through Agra.

Cycle rickshaws are a popular, and inexpensive, means of transport in Old Delhi.

Monkeys are a common sight in Old Delhi, often spotted swinging among the tangled web of electrical wires crisscrossing the streets.

A latter-day prime minister Nehru lookalike peruses a Hindi-language daily at Delhi's Red Fort.

Camel-drawn carts are both popular tourist attractions and very necessary means of transportation for many rural Indians.

Visitors and worshippers rest at the ablution fountain in the courtyard of the Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque, in the heart of Old Delhi.

Air India flight AI 102 after arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.

Delhi's legion green and yellow auto-rickshaws are, in fact, glorified mopeds.

Business class flight attendants served up a warm welcome on Air India flight AI 102 from New York to Delhi.