Delhi

festival

Devotees throng the Yamuna bank on the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi in Delhi for Ganapati vasarjan. The entire country celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi with great zeal and gaiety.

This man is enjoying a non-vegetarian thali of Naga food. He ordered a chicken and a fish dish. All the food are served in Naga handmade wooden bowls at Morung ki restaurant. He is eating chicken, Naga chilli chutney and fish with rice.

Rag pickers stand on a garbage dump and collect the recyclable material in New Delhi. Solid waste is routinely seen along India's streets and shopping plazas. The piled up garbage poses an imminent health risk to residents.

festival · temple

Women drawing wet rangoli during a rangoli making competition a part of the 47th Jagannath Rath yatra Mahotsav. It was organise at Jagannath Temple in Delhi.

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Oriyas gather to celebrate the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Delhi. In order to seek blessings of Lord Jagannath people pull the huge chariot on the roads of Delhi.

The second day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's three day teaching on "37 Practices of a Bodhisattva" in New Delhi, India on March 22, 2014. Presented by the Foundation for Universal Responsibility.

The first day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's three day teaching on "37 Practices of a Bodhisattva" in New Delhi, India on March 21, 2014. Presented by the Foundation for Universal Responsibility.

Indian athlete Harwant Kaur practises discus throw during Comonwealth Games in India. Harwant Kaur (born 5 July, 1980) is an Indian discus thrower and shot putter.

Painting exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi. Among many beautiful art pieces, few were dedicated to the royals from around the world like 'Portrait of a Lady Illiot' by Haris Bert, 'Lord Ronaldshey' by G.

ceremony · crafts

skilled artisans creating traditional clay idols of Goddess Durga for Durga Puja celebrations in Vasant Vihar, Delhi. Using bamboo frames, straw, and natural clay, craftsmen carefully shape the goddess and her lion mount.

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Shop owner gives a final gold paint coating to Lord Ganesha idols in Delhi. Ganesh Chaturthi / Ganesh Puja is majorly a national festival, which is marked with the installation of Ganesh clay idols both publicly and privately.

festival · ceremony

People buy Ganesh idols for Ganesh Chaturthi in Delhi. Ganesh Chaturthi, in Hinduism, 10-day festival marking the birth of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, the god of prosperity and wisdom.

An old Muslim man enjoying bathing using a water pipe with his clothes on in the busy streets of Chandni Chowk Old Delhi.

bazaar · temple

The main promenade of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi, India, showcases the redeveloped pedestrian-friendly boulevard that has become one of the capital's busiest heritage streets.

Strict preventive protocols, cashless transactions but few are taking Delhi Metro after it reopened. With no passengers, Jor Bagh gate 1 closes midday.

music · school

The Capital City Minstrels sings 'Namo Namo Maria' arranged by Gerald Wirth at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Center during Summer Concert 2015 in Delhi.

A crippled man of Rajasthan's Ghariah lohars tribe sells hardware items and kitchen utensils like kadhai, tava etc, in Fatehpur Beri village, Delhi. Gadia Lohars are a nomadic community of Rajasthan, India.

Plastic and other solid waste chokes up an open sewer line or nullah, in Taimoor Nagar, Delhi. What an image of human, civic, social and municipal apathy, pathetic hopelessness and dystopian India at her worst...

music

A choir of 50 adults and 40 children, including children from the Blind Relief Association and underprivileged families from the NGO Khushii performs 'Carmen' by George Bizet during the celebration of 10th Anniversary Gala show of Neemrana…

politics · ceremony

Sworn in ceremony of BJP ministers at President's House in New Delhi. Jana Krishnamurthi Indian Political leader swearing-in as the minister of the union.

Buta Singh and Sushma Swaraj take oath as the Union Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi in the year 1998. They take oath in front of the 10th President of India K. R. Narayanan.

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Bamboo, jute and cane products from the Northeast States of India on sale at NorthEast Calling festival at India Gate in New Delhi. Many other handicrafts like fans, baskets, house decors, shawls, wooden products can also be seen.