Warm-Hearted Warrior

June 26, 2010

A spear-wielding Sikh teenager at the Paonta Sahib Gurudwara. - Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India - Daily Travel Photos
(Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India)
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A spear-wielding Sikh teenager at the Paonta Sahib Gurudwara. (From the archives due to time restraints.)

A bit of coaching and he nailed it. This friendly young guy actually looks incredibly menacing. Either that or he has a dark side underneath the smiles and laughs.

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A Sikh teenager poses with lance and ornamental dagger at the Paonta Sahib Gurudwara. - Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India - Daily Travel Photos
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A Sikh teenager poses with a lance and ornamental dagger at the Paonta Sahib Gurudwara.

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1 Comment - Warm-Hearted Warrior

1) Navjit Singh -

No dark side man, Sikhs pick up weapons against injustice just as a last option.
Nice photographs though I appreciate your work.

July 2, 2012

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