Places Edited by ibalmarwan

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.