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ceremony · festival

Durga Puja also referred to as Durgotsava or Sharadotsav is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga.

ceremony · festival

Priests performing religious rituals during Durga Puja in Delhi. Devotees praying to Goddess Durga on this auspicious occasion of Durga festival that represents the victory of Goddess Durga over the evil Mahishasura.

ceremony · festival

The Odia community of Katwaria Sarai follows a completely different way of celebrating the festival. Durga Puja celebrates the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon king Mahishasura.

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Mahasasthi is perhaps the most important day during the Durga Pujas. The preparations for the Puja are made complete on this day.

Before the idol is lifted from its home, the priest symbolically immerses the idol, by capturing its reflection in a bowl of water which is known as darpan visarjan or mirror immersion.

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Durga Puja celebrations run parallel with Navratri, a Hindu festival where nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshipped.

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Every year, some 1,500 km from Kolkata, a replica comes up of Kumartuli (the hub in the eastern metropolis where Durga idols are made) and artisans and craftsmen are flown in from West Bengal to create the idols for Durga Puja — the most an…

Indian Army expedition team stand around fire for warmth before starting another trek to Mount Everest. The Indian Army Mount Everest Expedition was flagged off by the Chief of the Army Staff on 1st March 2001 at New Delhi.

politics · highway

From a 1903 Humberette owned by Abbas Jasdanwalla from Mumbai to an array of Rolls Royce's, including the 1908 Silver Ghost, the 1930 Phantom II, the 1938 Phantom III and the 1965 Silver Cloud III, the 8th edition of The 21 Gun Salute Inter…

A Compressed Natural Gas run automobile in New Delhi. This is a carburettor based older Maruti Esteem 1300 cc car that has been modified for CNG use.

school · festival

An official of NSD speaks about first children festival at NSD. He says, "See exactly it is not the first time yes from National School Of Drama at this level it is the first time it's primarily to draw attention to the childhood in man, th…

industry

Inside one of the classrooms of a mobile creche centre in Delhi. Children are engaged in learning. The children young and older engage in playing and sing in this creche for the disadvantaged children of construction labourers.

Serving delicious Kulchas at Kulcha King in South Delhi. Kulchas are North Indian in origin and are often eaten with Chole (chickpea curry). They are however, like any other bread and can be eaten with pretty much anything you like.

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Plural of Mongoose is mongooses or mongeese? Mating mongoose pair scampers around a garden in New Delhi. Mongoose are cut inquisitive little animals that don't harm humans and actually make very nice pets, too!

bazaar · temple

Jam-packed with devotees, Catholic Church of Mother Mary in Khan Market, New Delhi during the holy Marian feast days or the celebration of events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her veneration.

temple · architecture

Thousands of Muslims gathered at the grand Jama Masjid for Iftar during the month of Ramadan. Iftar is one of the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community, with people gathering to break their fast together.

highway

People enjoying Pakoda's with Tea or coffee at Khandani Pakoda in South Delhi. Khandani Pakode Wala is phenomenal Pakoda shop in business since last 40-45 years. Its located in Naroji Nagar, adjacent to the Ring Road in New Delhi.

politics · festival

'Mechket' group from Tunisia performs at 5th International Sufi Festival organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Delhi. Sufism is the Spiritual current that flows within Islam.

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Swedish troupe 'Barkbroder Extended' performs at 4th International Sufi Festival at Kamani auditorium, New Delhi. This event was organised by the Indian Council for Cultural relations.

music

Sufi singers singing devotional songs at Nizamuddin Dargah, Delhi. Nizamuddin Dargah is the dargah (mausoleum) of one of the world's most famous Sufi saints, Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 1325 CE).

Prahlad Singh Tipanya and Group perform at Awam Ki Awaz in Delhi.

People gather around an Indian street-side soup kitchen or Bhandara as called locally for free food.

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The bustling middle class market of Sarojini Nagar, a very busy place in Delhi. Here, we see traffic, parked two wheelers, playing children, shops, salesmen, vendors, shoppers, a busy park, a Samsonite showroom and the chaos and bustle of t…