Bihar

All dressed up in their best attire, these women from Bihar in India stand in cold water and offer prayers to the Hindu sun god Surya, holding various items in their hands, including fruit and offerings.

Saba and Farah, the conjoined sisters from Bihar are seen playing children's games with their friends at home. They look like any other young girl except that they are joined at their heads.

festival · music

Bengal - Bihar Sufi folk group singing at International sufi festival 2013

river · railway

A view of vehicles crossing the bridge over river Gandak towards Sonepur Mela and one can also see a parallel railway bridge in the Indian state of Bihar.

Indian devotees stand in a line holding the Kalash filled with water Nawada Bhagwati Sthan in Darbhanga district of Bihar during the festival of Durga Pooja. There are two separate rows of men and women outside the temple.

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

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.

village · aerial

A serene aerial view of a rural settlement in Gopalganj district, India, captures the quiet beauty of village life at sunrise.

festival

Priya Dutt with Ravi Kishan attended the Bhojpuria Folk Festival in Bihar.

We all wonder what life must be like for two humans joined together when we see conjoined twins. This is a short clip of the conjoined twins in Bihar, India when they were young girls.

railway · bus

Bihar railway station is more like a crowded bus stop, people mill around on the tracks crossing the railway lines carelessly despite the loud horn of the train.

politics

RJD supporters with the National flag and party flag and pictures of their leaders march against the CAA, NRC Bill passed in parliament. Citizens chant slogans against the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and PM Narendra Modi.

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politics

This archival press conference footage captures a crucial political moment involving the Samata Party (SAP), an Indian political party founded in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, known for its socialist ideology and strong influen…

Bihar·ceremony

दुर्गा पूजा के त्यौहार के दौरान बिहार के दरभंगा जिले के नवादा भगवती स्थान पर भारतीय श्रद्धालु एकत्रित होते हैं। नवादा भगवती स्थान के पास एक प्रदर्शनी है, जिसमें बिहारी लोग प्रदर्शनी के चारों ओर घूमते हैं। मेले में खिलौने बेचने वाले को अपने…

livestock · festival

A cow herder brought this Nilgai to sell at Asia's largest cattle fair, Sonepur Mela, in India's state of Bihar.

politics

Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990. Lalu Prasad is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar.

politics

Ram Vilas Paswan is an Indian politician, from Bihar and the current Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

livestock · festival

Indian cattle traders congregate for the annual Cattle Fair in Bihar. These traders live in an open makeshift colony. A group of animal trader chit chats and brush their teeth using Neem stick.

festival · dance

For the entertainment of a rural crowd, these small town women put up a terribly bawdy dance show, with ample hip and pelvic thrusts, and lots of bosom heaving. This is small town India at its all time low, in the Cow belt of Bihar.

A number of patients suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) here mounted to 133. As per official data, Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), which is handling the largest number of patients in the district.

Devotees in circle collects bands from monks. Monks get annoyed as devotees start snatching the bands from one another during the Kalachakra in Bodhgaya, Bihar.