Bihar

bazaar · architecture

Indian woman selling snails at a fish market near Nakhsa Chowk in Hajipur, Bihar, India. Did you know we ate the equivalent of escargot in India, too? She seems to be cleaning out the snail shells with pin.

bazaar · architecture

Variety of fresh and live fish for sale at a market near Naksha Chowk in Hajipur, Bihar. Hajipur is the headquarters of Vaishali district of Tirhut Division - (Tirhut) in Indian state of Bihar.

dance

We're treating this as a cultural portrait - a sign of these Bollywood times that we live in... Now we don't want to go off and start passing judgement on this practice.

crafts

An Indian clay potter makes small idols of Hindu Goddess Durga in Darbhanga district of Bihar. He removes the extra clay with a sharp knife. One can see the red color clay piggy bank in the background.

ceremony · village

Kalpana Kumari a resident of Darbhanga district in Bihar paints a Mithila painting on the wall which is also called Madhubani Paintings.

temple · flowers

Garlands of flowers are being sold to the devotees so that they can offer to the God in the premises of the Shiv temple in Laheriasarai in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

temple · festival

Indian devotees gathered at Nawada Bhagwati Sthan in Darbhanga district of Bihar during the festival of Durga Pooja. There is an exhibition near the Nawada Bhagwati Sthan Bihari people walk around the exhibition.

ceremony

Bengali women light the oil lamps during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar. One of them lights the oil lamps while another one watches. The oil lamps are kept on the banana leaf.

crafts · festival

A Bihari artisan makes clay idol at arts and craft section of Sonepur Mela in Bihar. People buy handicrafts from the stalls. There are clay idols, Kashth Kala, Shawls, Madhubani paintings and food stalls.

festival · bazaar

Biharis walk around at Sonepur Mela in Bihar in fast motion. One can see the roadside stalls while some shop at the clothing stalls while an ice cream seller passes through the road. A glimpse of Sonepur Mela at night.

festival · livestock

Accessories like bells with colorful beads and belts for cattle being sold at a cattle fair in Sonepur in Bihar. There are many sizes of bells. There are belts for horses and cows.

festival

Biharis walk around the Sonepur Mela in Bihar. One can see the various rides for visitors like Columbus, Ferris wheels, Merry Go Round, Toy horse rides etc. See a food stall amid of rides with chips, ice-cream, cold drinks etc.

politics

The state of Bihar was once again in the news for most of the week, as the first two phases of the ongoing assembly elections were marked by poll-related violence.

village · boats

Life came to standstill in Bihar's Hayaghat block in Darbhanga due to non-stop rain and floods. Almost every house is submerged.

festival · livestock

Horse being sold at Asia's largest cattle fair, Sonepur Mela in India's state of 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…

politics

In the end, it was the upswing in Lalu Prasad Yadav's political fortunes that overshadowed the result of the four assembly elections.

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 · aerial

An aerial journey of pink Hindu Temples in Sonpur town of Bihar, India: Sonpur is a city and sub-division in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the banks of the River Gandak (River Narayani) and Ganges River in the Vaishali district.

livestock · festival

Holy fire of Hawan in slow motion during the festival of Durga Puja in Darbhanga district of Bihar.

livestock · festival

Livestock trader at Sonepur cattle fair weighs a baby goat to check the weight. Weight of goat is 8kgs and 700 grams. Some of the goats share food with each other and eat in a same bowl can be seen.

livestock · festival

Goats for sale in cattle market at Sonepur fair. Buy high breed horses of your choice at Asia's largest cattle fair. You can get the best deal here.

temple · river

Indian devotees throng Harihar Nath Temple at Sonepur inBihar. Women offering flowers and leaves at Nandi Bull inside the premises of Harihar Nath temple.