
Idols of Gods and Goddesses for display and sale in Sonepur fair, in Bihar
festival · wildlife
Idol of gods, flower vase, decoration pieces , pots etc are on display. A little girl colouring idols of goddess made up of plaster of paris.
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festival · wildlife
Idol of gods, flower vase, decoration pieces , pots etc are on display. A little girl colouring idols of goddess made up of plaster of paris.

festival · aerial
A train passes in the distance as we take you on an aerial journey of the famous Animal fair of Sonepur Mela in Bihar. The festival grounds are busy with people, ferris wheels, large constructions and open areas.

river · railway
Indian passengers get down from a boat at a ghat in Sonepur, Bihar. And waste materials are dumped by the river side.

Thousands of Tibetan pilgrims arrive to witness and take part in 32nd Kalachakra at Bodhgaya in 2012. The word kalachakra means cycles of time, and the Kalachakra system presents three such cycles -- external, internal and alternative.

festival · livestock
The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela is held on Kartik Poornima in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak.

festival · livestock
The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela is held on Kartik Poornima in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak.

crafts
Lac Bangles are made up of lac which is a scarlet resinous secretion from lac producing insects. Before the lac is moulded into bangles, the raw material is first coated with the desired colours for the bangles.

bazaar · architecture
Indian woman selling fish at a local market near Nakhsa Chowk in Hajipur, Bihar, India. Hajipur is the headquarters of Vaishali district of Tirhut Division - (Tirhut) in Indian state of Bihar.

The Bihar Fodder scam sparked off controversy and heat as Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal National President Lalu Prasad Yadav was interrogated this week by the sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the scam.…

festival · crafts
A Bihari artisan makes an idol of Hindu Goddess at Sonepur mela in Bihar. He removes the extra Plaster of Paris from the idol and picks another piece. He clears the base of an idol of Sai Baba.

hills · highway
Tonga ride on the rods of Rajgir in Bihar. All the tourist sites are well marked and easily accessible through Tanga. Rajgir is a city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar.

People in large number visit the Vishwa Shanti Stupa in Rajgir, Bihar. Vishwa Shanti Stupa is a major tourist attraction at Rajgir. Rajgir is a popular pilgrim destination for Buddhists.


architecture · monsoon
A bridge collapses due to heavy rain and flooding in Araria district of Bihar, just as a mother tries to cross it with her two children.

festival
Thrilling rides for kids in the Fair in Darbhanga district of Bihar. Kids and youngsters enjoy the Dragon ride with a leopard sticker at the bottom while the other waits for their turn. Kids take the car ride at the fair.

festival
Indian kids enjoy the car ride at the fair during Durga Pooja festival in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One can see the ride revolves in slow motion and kids sit in the toy cars on the ride. Dragon ride in the background can be seen.

festival · ceremony
An Indian man buys his kids toys from a roadside toyseller at Durga Puja mela in Darbhanga, Bihar. He buys his son a toy pistol. He takes his kids and moves to different stall and his daughter buys a doll from the same stall.

village
Hygiene obviously takes a very poor back seat in this part of rural India where the woman sits on the ground and cuts her fish fillets, with thousands of flies swarming around her. The fish is charged for, the flies are for free.

festival · music
Makeshift stalls sell fried puris, lentils, coloured powder and flute, etc, being sold at a rural fair in Bihar.

highway
32 trucks on the busy Grand Trunk Road in Bihar's Gaya district have been set on fire, reportedly by Naxals following a two-day bandh call in the region. The trucks were set on fire post midnight as the bandh came into effect.

festival · livestock
The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela is held on Kartik Poornima in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak.

architecture · river
A wide scenic view captures the expansive sandy riverbed surrounding the historic Abdul Bari Bridge, commonly known as the Koilwar Bridge, near Arrah.

village · bazaar
An aerial view of Baluhi Bazar village in Gopalganj district, Bihar, reveals the characteristic landscape of the Gangetic plains of northern India.
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