Punjab

festival · dance

Nihang warriors perform Gatka dance at International Gatka Festival during Hola Mohalla at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in Punjab, India. Gatka is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region.

sport · village

People forcing a bull for cart race during Kila Raipur Sports Festival in Punjab. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

sport · festival

One of the most interesting sports added at the Kila Raipur Sports Festival is the Old men running race: where only men over the age of 70 are allowed to participate.

sport · festival

Bullock cart race in full action during the Kila Raipur Sports Festival. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

sport · village

Hockey players in full action during the hockey competition at the Sports festival, Kila Raipur - Ludhiana.

sport

Punjabi men arranging tyres for tyre rolling and lifting competition at Kila Raipur in Punjab. In February each year, Ludhiana becomes the destination for hundreds of sports enthusiasts, including foreigners.

sport · village

People at the Kila Raipur Sports Festival eagerly waits for the horse cart race the main attraction of the fest.

festival

Nihang warriors perform Gatka dance at International Gatka Festival during Hola Mohalla at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in Punjab, India. Gatka is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region.

sport · festival

Two teams compete with one another to win the loading and unloading competition at Kila Raipur sports Festival in Punjab.

festival

Young Nihang warriors perform Gatka dance at International Gatka Festival during Hola Mohalla at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in Punjab, India. Gatka is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region.

Small wooden toy trucks on sale outside Dargah Peer Sai Baba Budhan Shahji in Punjab, India. This lies at a distance of about 400 metres east of Gurdwara Baba Gurditta. Baba Buddan Shah was held in great reverence by Baba Gurditta.

sport · village

A participant performing a bicycle stunt at the Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, in Punjab, India.

sport · village

A group of elderly participants competing in a running race during the Kila Raipur Games in Punjab, India.

politics

Civil Hospital gives free medicines and provides free treatment to the patients in Punjab. This hospital works under Punjab Health Systems Corporation.

politics

Civil Hospital provide free medical checkup for kids in Punjab. This hospital works under Punjab Health Systems Corporation. Hospital Services at the Secondary level play a vital and complementary role to primary health care.

livestock

Indian chefs making Khoa or mawa or Khoya at a sweet shop in Ludhiana, Punjab. It is made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating in an open iron pan. It is lower in moisture than typical fresh cheeses such as ricotta.

sport · festival

Dog Race at the sports festival is another event that is famous and witnessed by many people. This sport is very exciting for the huge audience that comes to witness the event. Dogs are specially trained for this purpose.

festival

Young Nihang warriors perform Gatka dance at International Gatka Festival during Hola Mohalla at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in Punjab, India. Gatka is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region.

festival

Nihang warriors perform Gatka dance at International Gatka Festival during Hola Mohalla at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in Punjab,India. Gatka is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region.

sport · village

Outstanding act by Nihang Sikh performing Gatka a traditional Punjabi martial art. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

festival

Young Nihang warriors perform Gatka dance at International Gatka Festival during Hola Mohalla at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in Punjab, India. Gatka is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region.

sport · village

Players in full action during a Kabaddi match at Kila Raipur Sports Festival, India. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

farmland

Leaving behind a plume of diesel fumes, and adding to the noxious cloud of SPM and aerosols in the air of the northern Indian plains, this Ford tractor clears paddy stubble from the fields of Punjab, prior to the environmentally disastrous…