Bihar

Bihar has been battling floods despite receiving less than normal rains this year. Long at the receiving end due to release of water from Nepal, this time though the blame lies squarely on mismanagement of a dam and a barrage in neighbourin…

temple

Featured in this video is Shri Mahavir Digambar Jain Temple at Vaishali, the ancient city in the state of Bihar, India.

festival · livestock

Local Chandni theatre at Sonepur mela, Bihar, India. Gulab Vikas Theater, they call themselves! This theater is staged for the local animal buyers who turn up for the animal fair...

temple

Buddhist monks pray in the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya. The Mahabodhi Temple is a Buddhist stupa located in Bodhgaya, India. It is the most sacred site in Buddhism and visited regularly by both Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims.

festival · livestock

Colourful Bangles in Sonepur Mela. Sonepur Mela is Asia's largest cattle fair in India. The Sonepur Cattle Fair/Mela or Harihar Kshetra Mela is held on the full moon day (Purnima) of the Hindu lunar month of Karthik in Sonepur, in the Sara…

festival · dance

This local dance show took place at the world's largest animal fair Sonepur Mela in Bihar, India, in 2011. Asia's largest animal fair takes place in Sonepur, in the northern Indian state of Bihar.

river

Sonepur is a town in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the banks of the River Gandak in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It hosts one of the world's largest Animal Fair which starts on Kartik Poornima.

livestock · festival

Crowd gather to witness the annual Sonepur fair in 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 Gandak.

livestock · festival

See how we milk a buffalo in rural India! 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.

livestock · festival

People gather around a baby elephant at Sonepur Cattle Fair in Bihar, India. 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 Gang…

Gaj Grah chowk in Sonepur in Bihar during annual Sonepur Mela. There is an idol of Hindu God with an elephant and a crocodile.

festival · livestock

Less crowd at Sonepur fair site in the morning. 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

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.

railway · festival

Sonpur Junction, station code SEE, is a railway station and the headquarters of the Sonpur railway division of East Central Railway. Sonpur Junction is located in Sonpur city in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

festival · bazaar

Asia's largest animal fair takes place in Sonepur, in the northern Indian state of Bihar. Sonepur mela is held in the place called Sonepur which is in Saran district of Northern Bihar. Sonepure is approximately 35 Kms from Patna.

highway · railway

In front of Hajipur Junction train station in Bihar, India, the traffic is chaotic as ever - a true mess. Can you imagine driving on this road, and negotiating your way past those three-wheeler auto-rickshaws and cyclists?

temple · architecture

Gurudwara at Sonepur... Sikhism flourishes in the land of the Ganges floodplain, Nitish Kumar and the tough-lands of Bihar! Sonepur a small town located in the district of Saran, Bihar is famous for hosting one of the largest cattle fair in…

festival

Farmers are taught how they can increase the productivity of their crops. Sonepur is Asia's largest mela where different kinds of animals are brought for sale.

festival · temple

Shiva followers participating in the biggest religious festival in the state of Deoghar, Jharkhand.

river · railway

Sonepur is a town in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the banks of the River Gandak in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It hosts one of the world's largest Animal Fair which starts on Kartik Poornima.

river · politics

A bust of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as made by artisans from Bihar state in India. Bihar is a state in Northern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size of 38,202 sq mi (98,940 km2) and 3rd largest by population.