Meerut

Uttar Pradesh·highway

What are friends for? Pushing along your bicycle with their feet on Meerut Khurja highway, of course, and aiding your journey with a little mechanical machine power as opposed to good old manual pedalling! What are friends for? Pushing alon…

Uttar Pradesh·river · monsoon

Desi 'Jugaad' or Indian ingenuity is unmatched - just look at this clip. A group of teenage boys are seen at a canal in Kithore, Meerut.

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Either people are not wearing masks or wearing them as a namesake formality and not to prevent contracting the Coronavirus on the streets and petrol pumps of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh during the last days of December 2020.

Uttar Pradesh·river · village

This is supposedly the original Mahabharata era tunnel that runs underground to Hastinapur! Barnava is about 35 km from Meerut (Hastinapur) in Sardhana Tehsil of Baghpat district at the confluence of Hindni (Hindon) and Krishna river.

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony

The occasion of Janmashtami puja is both cultural and religious. see how it is celebrated here in Meerut - the heartland of Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh·temple

Developed photographs are less popular now with smarter and more convenient gadgets. People take photographs of important events, memorable events to freeze moments with loved ones and of events.

Uttar Pradesh·highway

Guess what - this traffic nightmare got sorted out by none other than Covid Corona! Turn up the volume on this video if you're missing the sights and sounds of India during lock down...

Uttar Pradesh

An extended family of blacksmiths living on the footpath in makeshift homes in Meerut. As the older boys and fathers are seen making horse shoes out of wrought iron, the children are prancing in front of the camera.

Uttar Pradesh·temple · ceremony

A virtual tour of the Augharnath Temple Temple inside and out near Baghpat (actually in Sadar Bazaar) in Meerut. The temple is under construction in the upper floors.

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Clouds shading parts of the agricultural fields around the city of Sardhana in Uttar Pradesh. It looks picturesque under the blue skies during the North Indian summer. Dirt roads running through and across the green landscape.

Uttar Pradesh·farmland

Farm and field in India! Flying over the agricultural belt of Meerut on a clear sunny day. Limitless fields of sugarcane dotted with buildings and dirt roads running through the fields.

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A 100-year-old grandmother is seen with her great-grandchildren outside their mud house in Pratapgarh Village near Meerut in North India. It is quite something to be able to cook at this age.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · wildlife

An artisan in Meerut paints the Ganesh idols at his workshop bright orange as the Ganesha devotees gear for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the late monsoon. The artist uses airbrush to paint the elephant head of the Hindu god.

Uttar Pradesh·livestock

This footage offers a peaceful view inside a local Gaushala, or cow shelter, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. Rescued and abandoned cattle are seen resting comfortably beneath the shade of large trees within the shelter grounds.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · dance

Social and physical distancing has gone for a toss at this Holi Utsav in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh in the middle of the Corona Pandemic in 2021. The devotees are seen merrymaking and dancing as adulations to Radha and Krishna.

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Street food Indian style at this stall in Meerut where the vendors are preparing Soya Chaap tandoori style. It feels like we can almost smell the delicious aroma of the Indian spices roasting away in the tandoor next to the stall.

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The streets are abuzz with activities as celebrations for the Festival of Colours are going on. Vehicles are moving as usual as locals in Meerut welcome spring with Holi Utsav.

Uttar Pradesh·industry · politics

Kainchi manufacturer or kanchi khana small scale industry in India. Scissors like you've never seen before! Just look at the shapes and sizes of the scissors on display.

Uttar Pradesh·industry

Business and production is back to work after months of Corona Lockdown in India. A small scale factory worker stuffs pillows with washable fibers manually at an outlet in Meerut Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh·politics

India is reeling under the third wave of Covid, as a punishment for the government to have allowed the Kumbh Mela to take place, in addition to state elections including in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh

You will see shops like this in almost every city of India preparing and serving hot chips in multiple flavours. We take you inside one of these shops in Meerut with men frying these flavoured chips.

Uttar Pradesh·farmland

A virtual gyro stabilized walk through of an Aam ka bagiya in UP. Trees laden with langda aam at a mango orchard in Pavli Khas, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh

Absolutely absorbed in their mobile phone screen, watching a viral video or Hindi movie, this couple is busy shading the glare from the screen and using their smartphone to view some mobile entertainment.