Chittagong, July 21 - India and France have collaborated to organise an exhibition in Bangladesh of photos taken by French lensmen Alain Danielou and Raymond Burnier, who stayed at Shantiniketan in West Bengal at the invitation of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

The duo travelled by road from France to Afghanistan and made India their home between the late 1930s and 1950s, snapping landscapes, various community rituals and ancient cave culture, among other places, at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh.

'India through the lenses of Alain Danielou & Raymond Burnier' has been jointly organised by the Indian High Commission and the Alliance Francaise.

Opening the two-week long exhibition, Assistant Indian High Commissioner Subrata Bhattacharjee said the duo contributed immensely to the awareness of Indian culture and history in the western world.