Delhi

dance · festival

Kassiyet Adilkhankyzy performing Bharatnatyam at 3rd International Dance Festival. Kassiyet Adilkhankyzy belongs to Kazakhstan. She was attracted to Bharatnatyam at the age of seven in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

festival · music

Northeast girls band Vinyl Record performing at Northeast Festival 2014 at IGNCA ground in Delhi.

festival · music

Chethuwang Band from Tripura performs during Northeast Festival 2014 at IGNCA ground in Delhi.

ceremony

Shia Muslims gather at Panja Sharif mosque on the occasion of Muharram in the city of Delhi. Muharram is a month of remembrance & Modern Shia Meditation that is often considered synonymous with the event of Ashura.

ceremony

Muslim devotees perform self-flagellation as they take part in a religious procession during Muharram in Delhi, India.

ceremony · festival

A view of Shia devotees ready for Muharram procession in Delhi. They all perform self-flagellation as they take part in a religious procession.

dance · festival

Aswara Dance Company from Malaysia perfoming at 5th International Dance and Music Festival organised by ICCR at Purana Qila in Delhi.

dance · festival

Dhumal and Chakri dances of Kashmir being performed at 8th Delhi International Arts Festival. The Delhi International Arts Festival, one of India’s most prestigious cultural festivals, began in New Delhi today.

music · festival

A musical performance by Mrs. Sunanda Sharma and group during the International Music Festival at Azad Bhawan, New Delhi.

bazaar · festival

Madhya Pradesh mela celebration at Delhi Haat. Different folk dances were showcase during the mela in Delhi... Dilli Haat is an open-air food plaza and cradia, and from a variety of cultural traditions of India.

crafts

Worker displaying the techniques of operating handloom during a loom workshop in Delhi, India. A loom is a device used to weave cloth.

flowers · fort

Visitors at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.The Tomb of Humayun is one of the most famous and historically important places in India. And a magnificent Mughal architecture...

festival

Kerala food being served during Onam celebration at Kerala House in Delhi..... Onam is celebrated with great fervour and gaiety in Kerala and indeed across India by the Malayali community.

politics

NMDC firefighters control fire at a landfill in South Delhi. Landfill fires are dangerous as they can emit dangerous fumes from the combustion of the wide range of materials contained within the landfill.

festival · temple

Parsi community of India gather to celebrate Navroze Festival as their New Year at Parsi Anjuman hall in Delhi. For about three hundred years after landing at Sanjan, a town in Gujarat, Parsis are said to have lived in peace.

Parsi community in Delhi on Monday, the18th of August, welcomed a new year and celebrated Navroze, in accordance to the calendar followed by a sect of Zoroastrians.

fort · architecture

Humayun's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife Bega Begum (Haji Begum) in 1569-70, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, a Persian architect chosen by Bega Begum.

ceremony

Muslims come out after breaking their fast during 'Iftar' during the fasting month of Ramzan at Jama Masjid in Delhi. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; Muslims worldwide observe this as a month of fasting.

railway · river

Train leaves for desired destination from Shahdara railway station, Delhi.. Shahdara, is a geographical region in the city of Delhi, India, situated on the banks of Yamuna river.

politics · dance

Well-known feminist Kamla Bhasin speaks during 'One Billion Rising from South Asia', a campaign organized by V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women, and national women's rights organizations and networks at Parliame…

ceremony

Muslims visited graveyard and offer prayer during Shab-e-barat night in Delhi, India. Barat Night can be translated to acquittal/absolution, Urdu: Shabe Barat‎ in Persian, as well as in Urdu) is a Muslim event, celebrated on the 15th Sha'ab…

music

Naga rocker Rewben Mashangva along with band members of Purple Fusion perfoming during NagaFest in Delhi.