Bihar

festival

Indian stuntmen ride bikes inside Maut Ka Kuan at a circus during annual Sonepur cattle fair in Bihar. They perform stunts while riding their motorcycle.

highway · bazaar

Wholesale and retail exist side by side as truck-loads of fish arrive at the Hajipur Machhi Mandi in Bihar.

temple

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's address at the inauguration ceremony for the Thai Bharat Society’s Wat Pa Buddhagaya Vanaram Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 25, 2018.

Car and bike stunt in the wooden bowl amphitheater at cattle fair in Sonepur, Bihar. A bike rider rides the bike in a wooden bowl amphitheater without holding the handle of the bike while the other one holds the handle with his legs.

river

Samaria ghat is situated on the bank of river Ganga in Begusarai district of Bihar. The place is considered pious for the Hindu devotees, Simariya Dham is beside the ghat where Kumbh Mela had taken place.

crafts · livestock

Indian female workers of iMithila Handicraft and Handlooms company in Darbhanga district of Bihar make Mithila paintings on cattle, watch and clothes. They engrave the design with ink and fountain pen.

politics · ceremony

Voting just got fancier in Bihar's Jahanabad and looks like a wedding venue as the polling station readies for inauguration during the Bihar Assembly elections 2020.

This seller in Bihar very carefully weighs his product - various bhelpuri type snacks made with peanuts and also petha which is kaddu or pumpkin dried with sugar.

crafts · festival

Bihari women buy jewelry from a roadside jewelry seller in Sonepur Mela in Bihar. Women can be seen buying earrings. The jewelry seller has colorful artificial earrings and rings.

monsoon · highway

The monsoon rain bringing its share of madness here in Bhagalpur, Bihar. Villagers struggle to cross the flooded roads as they walk towards the higher ground. Men with bicycles, their personal belongings cross the flooded road.

bazaar · festival

Indian sweet dish jalebi is being made at a sweet shop in Darbhanga district of Bihar during the festival of Durga Puja. There are toy shops, sweet shops, the clothes shop in the market. A person sells horn for kids in the market.

politics

Bihar elections back in time, when Bharatiya Janata Dal gave tickets to deserters. Nadiad seat. Bihar elections. Gujarat elections.

music

Indian classical and bhajan singer, Ajar Kumar starts the show by singing 'Bagiya mei naache Bihar' and sings his own composition of the song 'Aao man mohana'.

farmland

A mysterious celestial stone was found in Bihar's Madhubani district. The meteorite-like object, weighing around 15kg, fell from the sky, leaving a crater where it fell.

One of the rarest medical phenomena in human birth are conjoined twins like Saba and Farah in Bihar who are joined at the sides of their head. The twins are filmed here when they were young girls.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP of providing "tampered EVMs" at areas where "polling is happening strongly" in the favour of the grand alliance.

monsoon

As flood situations worsen in Bihar, people walk through flooded streets. Flash floods caused by heavy rains in catchment areas of Nepal have ravaged a dozen districts of Bihar so far.

ceremony

Devotees led by the priest perform Bhagta puja at a village in Bihar. The devotees play musical instruments. Banana leaves with food and raw bananas lay strewn at the spot of the ritual.

politics

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 voting is underway at a polling station in Munger city. Residents are seen lining up in front of the booth with the vigilance of security forces. A lot of women are also seen on the way.

monsoon

Sanjeev Kumar says "I am from Baka district of Bihar and I am here to get my son treated who both kidneys have failed. I am getting him treated at AIIMS hospital, however, there is something or the other that goes wrong.

politics

Election campaign for 54 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar is in full swing. BJP's party alliance is their biggest contest. Laloo Prasad Yadav sits as part of a baithak with other politicos from his party.

Litti Chokha being roasted - typical stuffed whole wheat dough balls from Bihar. Litti Chokha is a Bihari recipe made with whole wheat, black gram flour and brinjal/eggplant.

temple

Sari-clad women in saffron and orange at the Bhole Nath temple in Samastipur, Bihar, India. Youngr girls scurry around with their mothers, to help out with the religious rituals.