Woman in traditional dress, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Women apply string to the Holi chir, a traditional morning ceremony, during Holi festival celebrations, Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Female tourists stand in front of Temple during the pigment throwing Holi Festival, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Woman in sari walking in Mehtab Bagh with Taj Mahal in background, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Woman carrying water, Assam, India, Asia

Women in colourful saris at the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Women in colourful saris at the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Woman in sari checking the quality of freshly dyed fabric hanging to dry, Sari garment factory, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman in sari checking the quality of freshly dyed fabric hanging to dry, Sari garment factory, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman in sari checking the quality of freshly dyed fabric hanging to dry, Sari garment factory, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman in sari checking the quality of freshly dyed fabric hanging to dry, Sari garment factory, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman in sari checking the quality of freshly dyed fabric hanging to dry, Sari garment factory, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Elephant benediction, Kamakshi Amman, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Woman in sari checking the quality of freshly dyed fabric hanging to dry, Sari garment factory, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Tourists covered in pigment during the Holi Festival, Vrindavan, India, Asia

Red Fort, Diwan-i-Aam audience hall, New Delhi, India, Asia

Women in colourful saris at the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Mehendi, Indian henna body art, India, Asia

Woman standing in front of her blue house in Jodhpur, the Blue City, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman in sari walking in Mehtab Bagh with Taj Mahal in background, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Women washing sari in the river, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Man in costume representing a god at the Teyyam ceremony, near Kannur, Kerala, India, Asia

Women in colourful saris at the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds), built in 1799, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Women in saris, Maharaja's Palace, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Asia

Arunachaleswar temple, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Kailasanatha temple dating from the 8th century, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Women in brightly coloured saris at the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Brightly coloured saris (clothing) and veils, blurred in motion for effect, worn by women walking down towards the sacred lake, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Village man tilling red soil with hand made hoe, wife helping, cows in the distance, Koraput district, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Silk weaver at his loom in his house, weaving sought after red and gold Kanchipuram silk sari, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Woman in red sari at village street market stall selling spices, seeds and pasta, Chhota Udepur, Gujarat, India, Asia

A lady twirls as the sun rises behind the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Hindu woman in red sari inside the ornate white marble Swaminarayan Temple, built following the 2001 earthquake, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, Asia

Village woman in red sari carrying basket of dry palm leaves on her head, Ballia, rural Orissa, India, Asia

Woman in red sari with pile of terracotta deepak candle dishes for Diwali festival celebrations, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Mother in red sari and her two children in rural Bihari village at dawn, Sonepur, Bihar, India, Asia

Woman in colourful sari with a painted ceremonial elephant in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman in red sari in the marble pillared hall of Shri Swaminarayan temple, built after the 2001 earthquake, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, Asia

Women wearing colourful saris at the Mewar Festival on Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Indian man displays sari fabric at silk factory at Bressler near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Sadhvi in orange red saree during Allahabad Kumbh Mela, World's largest religious gathering, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Red Fort, Diwan-i-Aam audience hall, UNESCO World Heritage Site, New Delhi, India, Asia

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women building solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India, demonstrate how hot the device is, by holding a sheet of newspaper which instantly sets on fire in the 300 degree Celcius heat. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

A Barefoot Dentist, who is trained to perform basic dentistry at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a cook preparing chapatis on a biofuel stove.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Two Indian women wearing red saris carrying water filled jugs on their heads through a village, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Young women in typical colourful traditional Rajasthani costume at the camel market and livestock market, Pushkar Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

IND, India, Kerala, Trivandrum : Women with yellow saris and coloured scarfs. |

Devotees taking part Kodungalloor Bharani festival in Kerala, India.

Bare Feet Decorated In Mehndi, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Blond Woman Wearing A Sari In A Field With A Temple In The Background, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Mixed Race Couple Her Wearing A Sari With A Temple In The Background, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Blond Woman Wearing A Sari And Laying On A Hammock With Cattle In The Background, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Mixed Race Couple Her Wearing A Sari In A Field At Sunset, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Mixed Race Couple Her Wearing A Sari, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Blond Woman Wearing A Sari And Headscarf, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Mixed Race Couple On Their Wedding Day In Traditional Indian Garments For A Wedding, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Mixed Race Couple On Their Wedding Day In Traditional Indian Garments For A Wedding, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Blond Woman Wearing A Sari Standing In The Doorway With Large Blue Doors, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Portrait Of A Woman In A Sari, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

A Woman With Mehndi On Her Palms Cups Her Hands To Collect Water From A Tap, Ludhiana, Punjab, India