Bihar

temple

Pilgrims and regular devotees do parikrama of the Mahavir temple. View of Maha Bodhi Temple complex, people in large number visit Bodhgaya to seek blessings from Lord Buddha. And monks are seen performing rituals outside the temple.

livestock · festival

Cows and calves for sale at the Sonepur Fair. Sonepur mela is one of the largest cattle fairs in Asia. Animals and birds are lined up for sale at the fair in Bihar.

monsoon

Rescue team distributes food and clothes to the victims affected by flood in Bihar. People are fighting for food and clothes can be seen here, they are snatching food packets and clothes given by rescue team from each other.

ceremony · temple

Buddhist monks offering prayer, as they prostrate themselves and seek blessings from Lord Buddha at Bodhgaya, Bihar.

ceremony

A Hindu priest performs Aarti during the festival of Durga Puja while a group of local drummers plays drums in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One can see the men and women pray standing in the Pandal while the priest chants the Aarti.

ceremony · festival

A Hindu priest performs Aarti during the festival of Durga Puja while a group of local drummers plays drums in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One can see the men and women pray standing in the Pandal while the priest chants the Aarti.

crafts · festival

A Bihari artisan makes clay sculptures at Sonepur Mela in Bihar. There is a sculpture of a lade feeding milk to her kid, Lord Shiva etc.

An Indane LPG gas cylinder powers up the home workshop of a lacquer bangle manufacturer in Bihar, India.

temple

Shri Kundalpur Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Bihar 4km from Nalanda, 15 km from Rajgir, 15 km from Bihar Sharif , 75 km from Gaya and 100 km from Patna, There nearest airport are at Patna, Bodha Gaya.

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.

livestock · festival

A variety of decorated items like leashes used to decorate and deck up ones' camels and other livestock being sold at Sonepur fair in Bihar.

livestock · festival

Thousands of people visit the annual cattle fair of Bihar, Sonepur cattle fair. The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river G…

politics

Rajendra Prasad was an Indian political leader who served as the first President of the Republic of India from 1950 to 1962.

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.

monsoon · highway

Residents brave the raging waters in Bhagalpur and they try to carry their bicycles across the flooded road. Residents of this city in Bihar wade in the floodwaters to reach higher ground.

river · temple

Colourful prayer flags seen at Bodhgaya, Bihar. And closer look at the statue of Lord Buddha placed in the middle of Muchalinda Sarovar, Bihar.

Colorful masks of Hindu Goddesses Durga and Kali being sold at a potter shop in Bihar. There are clay pots, clay piggy banks, and oil lamps at the shop while the masks hang on the bamboo.

music · village

People of Kuraha village sings a folk song. They sings to a tune of Harmonium and Tabla. Few men claps along with the beat of Tabla. Hara Kuraha village is located in Fatehpur Tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar, India.

livestock · festival

Buy high breed cows of your choice at Asia's largest cattle fair. You can get the best deal here. Farmers from different villages come to the cattle fair and inspect the cows before buying one.

livestock · festival

Different breed of dogs are being sold at Sonepur Cattle Fair, Bihar. The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and…

livestock · festival

The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak.

festival · livestock

East Central Railway organises an exhibition at the annual Sonepur catte Fair in Bihar, India. The East Central Railway is one of the 17 railway zones in India.