(Top) A photograph on life in Rajasthan and (above) photographer Bijoy Mishra (extreme right) interact with guests at the exhibition. Telegraph pictures

Bhubaneswar, May 19: A septuagenarian Odia businessman has taken a slice of India to Hungary.

The Indian cultural centre at the embassy of India in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, gave the opportunity to Mumbai-based Bijoy Mishra to organise an exhibition of his photography.

Titled “Journey Through My Lens”, Mishra is exhibiting his 40-odd photographs depicting India. The four-day exhibition began on May 17.

A globetrotter with a passion for photography since childhood, Mishra has captured alluring images in his camera. The expansive collection has some beautiful images that truly bring forth the diverse culture of the country.

He has clicked panoramic images of the Sun temple at Konark, Emar Mutt in Cuttack and also wonderfully captured the revelry at Cuttack’s Bali yatra. Of all the snaps taken in Odisha, the image of an ice-cream vendor on the deserted Chandipur beach is the most fascinating.

A few snaps of Varanasi represent the grandeur of the holy city situated on the banks of the Ganges. An image of soldiers taken at Wagah border is equally impressive. Then there are men with colourful turbans, their penchant for folk music and the ruins of the colossal forts in Rajasthan that had also attracted the shutterbug.

In another picture, he has captured a mother and her little one near a hand pump. While the rocky terrain in the background gives an idea of groundwater level of the place, the baby is least bothered and is testing his muscular power as his mother laughs. Ganesh idol immersion festivities, railway stations and fishermen’s life in Mumbai were also incarcerated in Mishra’s frames.

The photographer has travelled the length and breath of the country and clicked whatever fascinated him.

“Most of the pictures were clicked in last two years. A lot of hard work has gone into it and I just hope it is appreciated by the visitors,” said Mishra. On the day of the inauguration, many eminent dignitaries of both the countries came to see Mishra’s labour of love and appreciated his photography skills.