Maharashtra

Ganesh Chaturthi is a huge deal in Maharashtra and even with the Covid Pandemic at its peak, artisans have started making the idols of Ganesh or Ganpati. Usually the idols are painted by the time the festival happens.

flowers · monsoon

Kaas plateau of flowers. Located 26 km away from Satara. It is an plateau with amazing variety of flowers and wildlife.

street food

Indian women cook vegetable at a common kitchen and dining room in Sevagram Ashram in Maharashtra. There was no kitchen or dining room when the ashram was built. The inmates were cooking at the south-western corner of a room of Adi-Niwas.

festival

Ganesh Chaturthi, a festival for the pot-bellied elephant god, Ganesha is celebrated all over India. But the Pune Festival dedicated to the god is a formal event with cultural displays from all over India.

sport

Team from Delhi and Maharashtra at Kabaddi final during the NCC National Games 2014 in Delhi. The opening ceremony of NCC National Games-2014 was conducted at DG NCC Camp, Delhi Cantt.

temple · river

Indulge in the blue skies, grayish clouds in the early monsoon over Badlapur, Mulgaon in Maharashtra. An endless stream of green forest cover and the stairs towards the Khandoba Mandir look like a dreamy location.

The Banded Kukri Snake is a non-venomous snake that is common in India and neighboring countries.

fort

History lies unattended at Revdanda Fort. Cannon batteries lie exposed to elements of nature with vegetation swallowing them up slowly.

Parchure Kuti in Sevagram, Maharashtra. It is a small traditional hut made up of bamboo. It has sketches of Mahatma Gandhi and his movements on the walls.

village

A tribal woman preparing traditional homemade liquor in a rural region of Maharashtra, reflecting local customs and survival practices common in remote communities facing economic hardship and limited resources.

village · forest

In a village in Maharashtra, a woman harvests gond from an Acacia tree as part of her daily livelihood. With practiced skill, she climbs the tree and gently scratches the bark to collect the gum, which she later sells.

crafts

An Indian woman works on a traditional wooden loom in Sevagram in Maharashtra. Weaving is an ancient art of making cloth and other fabrics and the Indians have been expert of weaving since the ancient period.

Lenyadri Caves represents about 30 Buddhist rock-cut caves, which are situated in the district of Pune in the state of Maharashtra at Junnar. 26 of the total of 30 caves are serially numbered from the east to the west.

highway · river

Spectacular views of the beautiful nature enriched Western Ghats in Maharashtra. Malshej Ghat (माळशेज घाट) is a mountain pass in the Western Ghats range in the Pune district of Maharashtra, India.

village · farmland

A traditional agricultural practice is shown in a rural hilly region of Maharashtra, India, where four white Zebu oxen (Bos indicus) are tied to a central wooden post and walk in a circular path over harvested crop stalks.

festival · dance

Two diseases and doyens of yesteryear cinema come together to dance at a local festival in Maharashtra. Watch Hema Malini and Meenakshi Seshadri in a scintillating dance performance.

village

Pangaon is a Village in Barshi Taluka in Solapur District of Maharashtra State, India. It belongs to Desh or Paschim Maharashtra region . It belongs to Pune Division . It is located 66 KM towards North from District head quarters Solapur.

village · farmland

Everyday rural life in Maharashtra featuring traditional housing, manual grain processing, and village livelihood activities.

village · river

Everyday rural life in Maharashtra featuring traditional outdoor activities near a rocky stream and natural water source.

A day of pride for India and the Indian army, the Republic Day of India showcases India's military might through parades of the many army regiments from different states of India.

festival · river

Celebrated around in the month of March, when Spring is in full swing and the whole Forest is in bloom, Uli, is the greatest festival of the Pawaras, an indigenous forest dwelling tribe, living in the Satpura mountain range in the Narmada r…

farmland

So this is where the fresh white Radish muli or Daikon grows before reaching vegetable markets and supermarket shelves. This is a farm in Maharashtra that we filmed in winter. The owner of the farms shows our cameraman around on his farm.

Chetana Vikas is a development organization founded by Ms. Suman Bang, Mr. Ashok Bang and Late Dr.(Ms.) Padmaja Rani.