Photos of India » Matthew T Rader

Puducherry, India is a seaside French settlement with a unique culture of extremes, of wealth and poverty, of busy streets and zen gardens.

Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu is a small Indian town with a population of only 62,000, it is also home to the world-famous Hindu Nataraja Temple.

Nagapattinam, India, here I visited some beautiful orphans and saw a ring of fire and amazing outfits at their independence day celebrations.

This Indian girl, whose tragic life story of rejection and loss, touched my heart with her beautiful smile and sweet innocent spirit.

Tsunami Survivor K. Pasupathi’s incredible story of how he saved his and another person’s life when the 2004 tsunami hit Puducherry, India.

Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India is a beautiful ancient city of temples, art, and architecture and is home to the famous Brihadeeswara Temple.