Delhi

These are not your common Blue Rock Pigeons that beet on your window sills and lay eggs outside your room. These are the more shy and arboreal (tree dwelling) Hariyal of Common Green Pigeon, also known in Latin as Treron phoenicoptera.

wildlife · birds

A dainty little bird, the Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) feeds on insects and bees and hence the name. The small bird has been filmed in the compound of a farmhouse in the Delhi outskirts. It is caught preening itself.

birds · wildlife

The handsome Red-whiskered Bulbul or Crested Bulbul sits on a branch preening itself. These birds are common in Indian gardens. They re songbirds and are sold as cagebirds too.

wildlife · birds

An ambiance of busy bird calls in the breeding season at Wilderness Orchard, New Delhi. A pair of Oriental White eye can be spotted bear a water hole. These birds are common in urban areas and open shrublands.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan in the 1990s. A display of the list of names from the Pakistani Armi which were seized during the Kargil Conflict are displayed.

dance

'The Rainbow Island' dance troupe from Mauritius performs fan dance during 6th edition of International Dance and Music Festival organise by ICCR in Delhi. Bharatnatyam is one of the most popular classical Indian dances.

dance · school

Republic Day cultural dance performances by school children in New Delhi at Rajpath. The dance is a fusion of northern-southern culture as one can see dancers in different cultural attire forming a circle.

industry

A PWD employee goes into a manhole to clean sewage. Despite the many modern comforts of Delhi, the sewer system is outdated and is still picked by hand.

ceremony · fort

Muslim devotees thronged Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah in Delhi. Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in the Indian Subcontinent, an order that believed in drawing close to God through renunciation of the world and ser…

ceremony · fort

Devotees in large number gather every thursday at Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in Delhi to offer prayer to the Djinns and write letters, stick coins to the walls of the mosque, offer milk, sweets, fruits and even meats to the Djinns, all with the…

ceremony · festival

Viewer discretion advised due to graphic content. Muslim devotees take out a Muharram procession on the streets of Old Delhi.

festival

Muslim pilgrims take blessings as they touch the sacred footprint of Prophet Mohammad at Nizamuddin Aulia or Nizamuddin Dargah on the occasion of Milad un-Nabi in Delhi.

livestock

Imagine a bakri that sells for many times the national yearly income of an Indian! Yes, this goat sells foe a grand price of US$10, 000.

Indian musician Sabbir Akhter Hussain plays Sarangi during the Sopan Festival in Delhi.

livestock · village

A bull makes funny faces at the camera, and tries to drive away the flies, shortly before it plots a rendezvous with a receptive cow.

ceremony · hills

Govardhan Puja, also called Annakut means the pile of grain which is celebrated to remember the victory of Lord Krishna over the arrogant Indra.

festival · temple

Thousands gather to celebrate Jagannath rath Yatra at Tyagraj Nagar Jaganath temple, in front of Tyagraj stadium, Delhi to show their devotion to Lord Jagannath on the occasion of Rath Yatra.

festival · wildlife

Congress president Sonia Gandhi came to Ramlila ground in delhi to attend the Dussehra festival. Dussehra is celebrated by many people of Northern India to commemorate this victory of Lord Rama over Ravana.

highway

Near Bhikaji Cama Place in New Delhi is filled with daytime traffic. An orange transit bus is moving through the centre of the road, surrounded by cars and other vehicles.

bazaar · street food

A roadside food stall operates in Sarojini Market, Delhi, with a mobile cart labeled “Hot Momos.” The vendor prepares steamed veg, chicken, and paneer momos using a multi-tier aluminum steamer while customers wait at the cart.

TV host Mini Mathur discusses hit music director Annu Malik and his films with people on the streets of Delhi and in front of TGIF (Thank God its Friday) restaurant, for a television show.

sport

Women athletes competing for the 400m Women's track event during the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years among nations that were under British rule.