Punjab

village · highway

Children showing their gymnastics (or rather acrobatics!) skills on the occasion of Independence day at Wagah border, Punjab. Wagah Attari border between India and Pakistan: Independence Day 15th August 2012.

sport · village

Participants of the women's race during the Qila Raipur Sports Festival or Rural Olympics in Punjab. Watch the run for victory, a test of physical endurance, muscle and sinew in slow motion.

sport · festival

Outstanding performance by Nihang Sikh warriors 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.

People sit in queue and await for food at a langar, Takht Sri Keshgar Sahib 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.

Ladoos, khoya barfi, rasgulla, milk cake and other Indian sweets being sold at a sweets shop in Ludhiana, Punjab. Sweets and Indians are closely knit with each other. Indians love to have sweets during the course of their meals.

sport · festival

Indian men show their strength by pulling a car with ear tied in rope at Kila Raipur Sports event in Punjab.

sport · village

Indian girls compete in a 100meter sprint race at Kila Raipur sports festival in Punjab. In February each year, Ludhiana becomes the destination for hundreds of sports enthusiasts, including foreigners.

sport · festival

Participants decorate their camels for Kila Raipur Sports festival 2018 in Punjab. Every winter, Kila Raipur, a village in Punjab that is about 19 kms from Ludhiana, hosts India’s one-of-its kind Rural Olympics, formally called Kila Raipur…

Crowd 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.

Labourers work on grain cleaning machine in Punjab. They clean rice grains and pack them in a sack for further distribution. The Punjab state has 5.03 m hact. geographical area out of which 4.23 m hact. is under cultivation.

music

Pakistan's famous singer Farida Khanum sings 'Yun Saja Chand Ke Chhalka Tere Andaz Ka Rang' at Jahan-e-Khusro concert in India. Farida Khanum is a Pakistani Classical Singer from the Punjab.

ceremony · dance

“JAGO” literally means “Wake Up”. Centuries ago invitations were not sent to invite people to wedding ceremony. Jago is a festive dance full of energy and celebrations which would take place the night before a Punjabi Wedding.

sport · festival

All participants trying hard to lift a tyre in tyre lifting competition during Kila Raipur Sports Festival, 2015.

sport · village

People walking on the field at the Kila Raipur stadium, as they are set up the goal post before the hockey match starts.

sport · festival

Bullock cart race the most popular sports, organised at 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

A beautiful view showing Sikh warriors with their horses during the Kila Raipur Sports festival in Punjab.

A hard working elderly pair of Punjabi Sikh lumberers work in tandem with a double handled deep toothed saw, chopping up logs in rural Punjab.

temple · architecture

Indian people eat at a community kitchen organized by a Gurudwara in Jalandhar, Punjab. Food is served by Sevaks or volunteers choose to serve. Every devotee comes to eat at langar, the food of langar is considered as Prasad.

highway · aerial

Lovely Professional University campus in Phagwara in Punjab as seen from the sky. The university has 600 acres of campus.

Nihangs showcase their martial art skills during the annual Kila Raipur Festival in Punjab. Nihangs are a very famous and prestigious armed Sikh order.